“The Council for Exceptional Children estimates that multilinguals with disabilities make up approximately 14% of the multilingual population—more than 718,000 students. We know the number of multilingual students with disabilities in the U.S. grew by close to 30% between 2012 and 2020. Roughly 5 million students have been identified as English language learners or 10% of the school population. The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has identified the percentage of students with disabilities that are multilinguals by state. It ranges from 26.37% in California to 8.58% in Florida and includes students from age 5 to age 21.”
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