Report paints bleak picture for Nev. special-needs students
By Ian Whitaker, Las Vegas Sun
Students with disabilities in Nevada face tough odds when it comes to advancing through grade school and college, according to a new report.
The report, put out this month by the Guinn Center for Policy Priorities, calls attention to some stark numbers for the state. In the 2014-15 school year, a quarter of students with disabilities graduated statewide, and of those who graduated, only a quarter had enrolled in college within a year.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Silver State stands in stark contrast to the rest of the country, where around 63 percent of special-needs students graduate each year. But that’s far from success, the report notes: Students without disabilities are around 20 percent more likely to graduate than their classmates with special needs.
