Illinois State Board of Education- Special Education Services
Special Education Services assures that district 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.