MONTPELIER, Vt. (ABC22/FOX44) - Despite improvements in certain areas, children with disabilities are still dropping out of school at higher rates than other students in Vermont - and the number of children with certain disabilities is rising.

A new report by the Agency of Education suggests that Vermont's strong commitment to inclusion helps keep children in regular classrooms.

Of students with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) - a personalized form required for access to special education services - more than 82% are now learning mainly in regular classes, far higher than the most recent numbers for the U.S. as a whole, and marking a slow increase over the past four years.

But more than 5% of those students have been moved to a different school. That's more than double the cou

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