Special Education Services
Overview
The Illinois State Board of Education partners with school districts to provide programs and services for students with specialized educational needs.
Special Education Services assures that these programs and services meet state and federal requirements. This involves both compliance and technical assistance functions. Compliance functions include monitoring least restrictive environment compliance, administering due process system, providing mediation services, conducting compliant investigations, approving policies and procedures, conducting focused and comprehensive reviews and approving nonpublic special education facilities. Technical assistance functions involve providing information and guidance on promising practices in educating students with disabilities, including the operation of numerous statewide training and technical assistance initiatives, administering the comprehensive system of personnel development for special education and management of grant programs to schools for special education service delivery.
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What's New
- LEA Determinations
- FY 2010 School Mental Health Support Request for Proposals
- Special Education Directors' Conference 2009
- Requests for Trainings/Presentations
- IDEA Part B Application FFY 2009
- Guidance on Special Education Class Size for 2009-2010 and Beyond (23 Illinois Administrative Code 226.730(b) and (c))
- Annual Conference on Best Practices for Nonpublic Special Education Programs
- Court and Agency Placements Guidance for School Districts
- Special Education Public Forum Meetings
- IDEA - Federal Assistance to States for the Education of Children With Disabilities and Preschool Grants for Children With Disabilities; Final Rule (December 1, 2008)
- 2006-07 Annual State Report on Special Education Performance
- Focused Monitoring District Selection Presentation
- Memorandum #08-2: Additional Clarification Regarding Proportionate Share Obligations
- Memorandum #08: Development of IEPs for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders (Implementation of Public Act 095-0257)
- Autism Considerations for IEP
- Procedural
Guidance for School Districts Withdrawing from a Special Education
Joint Agreement
- Disproportionate Representation
- Required Notice and Consent Forms, including the Explanation of Procedural Safeguards (see 34-57J) (Arabic, English, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu, Vietnamese, Chinese, Gujarati) (Updated 1/08)
- Exception to the 1.0 Percent Cap on Progressing and Attaining Scores Based on Alternate Achievement Standards to be Included in the Calculation of District AYP for the 2008-09 School Year Request
