According to the Child Trends Data Bank, a database of the latest national trends and research on over 70 key indicators of child and youth well-being:

Boys are more than twice as likely as girls to receive special services through an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). In 2003, 9 percent of boys in kindergarten through grade 3 had an IEP compared with 4 percent of girls in the same grades.

Individualized Educations Plans (IEPs), mandated by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 (IDEA), are specific education plans for students with disabilities, created with input from teachers, parents, special education teachers, and when appropriate, the students themselves.