This report presents statistical information on the 40,570 children with disabilities in Nebraska special education programs. The following data are included: (1) special education child count as of December 1, 1996, by child's age, disability, race, and ethnicity; (2) children with disabilities in nonpublic schools by age, disability, and county; (3) children with disabilities who are wards of the state or the court by age, disability, and county; (4) program providers and the age and disability of the children they serve; (5) instructional settings of children with disabilities by disability and age; (6) time in special education by disability, age, and instructional setting; (7) services provided by disability and age; (8) method of instruction and reading mode for children with visual and hearing impairments; (9) child count by county; (10) child count by school district; (11) children with disabilities aged birth through five by age, disability, and school district; and (12) number and transition age of children with disabilities aged 16-21 by age, disability, and school district. The report also includes historical trend data, data on the exit reasons of children with disabilities who left special education, and race/ethnicity totals by gender and disability. Data collection forms are appended. (CR)