PUBLIC LAW 105-17-JUNE 4, 1997 111 STAT. 101 "(c) CONFIDENTIALITY. —The Secretary shall take appropriate action, in accordance with the provisions of section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g), to assure the protection of the confidentiality of any personally identifiable data, information, and records collected or maintained by the Secretary and by State and local educational agencies pursuant to the provisions of this part. "(d) PERSONNEL. —The Secretary is authorized to hire qualified personnel necessary to carry out the Secretary's duties under subsection (a) and under sections 618, 661, and 673 (or their predecessor authorities through October 1, 1997) without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, relating to appointments in the competitive service and without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and general schedule pay rates, except that no more than twenty such personnel shall be employed at any time. "SEC. 618. PROGRAM INFORMATION. 20 USC 1418. "(a) IN GENERAL. — Each State that receives assistance under this part, and the Secretary of the Interior, shall provide data each year to the Secretary— "(l)(A)on— "(i) the number of children with disabilities, by race, ethnicity, and disability category, who are receiving a free appropriate public education; "(ii) the number of children with disabilities, by race and ethnicity, who are receiving early intervention services; "(iii) the number of children with disabilities, by race, ethnicity, and disability category, who are participating in regular education; "(iv) the number of children with disabilities, by race, ethnicity, and disability category, who are in separate classes, separate schools or facilities, or public or private residential facilities; "(v) the number of children with disabilities, by race, ethnicity, and disability category, who, for each year of age from age 14 to 21, stopped receiving special education and related services because of program completion or other reasons and the reasons why those children stopped receiving special education and related services; "(vi) the number of children with disabilities, by race and ethnicity, who, from birth through age 2, stopped receiving early intervention services because of program completion or for other reasons; and "(vii)(I) the number of children with disabilities, by race, ethnicity, and disability category, who under subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (B) of section 615(k)(l), are removed to an interim alternative educational setting; "(II) the acts or items precipitating those removals; and "(III) the number of children with disabilities who are subject to long-term suspensions or expulsions; and "(B) on the number of infants and toddlers, by race and ethnicity, who are at risk of having substantial developmental delays (as described in section 632), and who are receiving early intervention services under part C; and
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