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iii <br />trend towards dentification of younger children with <br />handicaps, increases in HIV infection in women, and an <br />anticipated rise in drug affected infants. <br />Differences across districts in North Carolina <br />regarding patterns of identifying exceptional children were <br />also examined. Four moderate, statistically significant <br />correlations were found between the proportion of students <br />served as academically gifted and local characterisitcs. <br />Districts with a high percentage of white students are more <br />likely to have a high proportion of students identified as <br />academically gifted (r = .37, g < .01). The proportion of <br />academically gifted students served by a district is not <br />related to district size, nor is it related to whether the <br />county in which the district is located is urban�or rural. <br />Other findings suggest that wealthier districts are more <br />likely to serve a higher proportion of the student <br />population as academically gifted. Districts which <br />contribute a higher proportion of local money for education <br />are more likely to identify a larger proportion of <br />academically gifted students (r = .38, g c .01). While <br />those districts which depend on a higher proportion of state <br />and/or fe�'-'eral dollars for education costs are likely to <br />serve a smaller proportion of their 'student population as <br />academically gifted (r = -.29, g C :bi; r �.38, p < .01). <br />None Of the statistically significant relationships <br />found for the academically gifted awe the same as those for <br />the handicapped. In other words, there is no relationship <br />