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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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Focused Monitoring Conference Call

The Illinois State Board of Education, Special Education Services Division, will host a focused monitoring conference call for selected districts to discuss the focused monitoring selection criteria and selection process and to answer any questions.  This call will be held on Monday, September 29, 2008 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM.  The conference call-in number is 800-230-1093.  Please note that the line will be open approximately 15 minutes prior to the call.  Questions about the call should be directed to Sally Tudor at 217-782-5589 or via email at studor@isbe.net.

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