PA 103-0644 stipulates that a “Separate public special education day school" means a separate special education program or facility that is established by a school district, public school, regional office of education, or cooperative exclusively to meet the needs of special education students who cannot be educated in the general school environment and that provides services comparable to a private special education school.
Please note, to qualify as a separate public program, the program or facility must meet the following criteria;
- Program located in a separate building,
- Students enrolled are 100% removed from general education,
- The program does not serve general education students and,
- The program does not have general education students in the building nor are the special education students attending classes with general education students.
All questions related to PA 103-0644 can be sent to
publicsped@isbe.net.
Questions related to rate setting and reimbursement can be set to
ilpcrb@isbe.net.
