In its continuing commitment to help school districts and special education cooperatives comply with Illinois State Board of Education requirements for policy and procedure, the Illinois Council of School Attorneys with the Illinois Association of School Boards have prepared three documents to provide a framework into which local school districts and cooperatives may insert their own specific procedures.

These documents include:

• Special Education Procedures Assuring the Implementation of Comprehensive Programming for Children with Disabilities
• IASB's sample policy 6:120, Education of Children with Disabilities
• IASB's sample policy 7:230, Misconduct by Students with Disabilities

Because the participating attorneys donated their time and IASB covered all other costs, the procedures may be downloaded free of charge. IASB is also making its updated special education policies available to all districts.

Note to PRESS Plus clients: The updated special education policies will be included in the fall PRESS Plus issue. If your board chooses to act on the policies prior to receiving that issue, notify Anna Lovern by fax at 217.528-2831 or email her at alovern@iasb.com. Please include any edits made by the board and the adoption date.

The Special Education Procedures document is available in Rich Text Format to suit the requirements of most word processing programs. Because the document is in outline form, please be alert for any changes that your particular word processing program might create in opening the file.

IASB expresses its gratitude to the following ICSA attorneys for their time and expertise in developing these special education procedures:

Authors: Teri E. Engler, Sraga, Engler and Boyle, LLC; Jeffrey C. Goelitz, Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn; Mary Kay Klimesh, Seyfarth Shaw LLP; Bennett Rodick, Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn; Melinda L. Selbee, Illinois Association of School Boards; Laura M. Sinars, Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Ltd.; Kimberly A. Small, Illinois Association of School Boards; Patricia J. Whitten, Franczek Sullivan, P.C.;

Reviewers: Cynthia Marie Baasten, Sraga, Engler and Boyle, LLC; Jennifer L. Bollero, Sraga, Engler and Boyle, LLC; John Borden, Gosnell, Borden, Enloe & Sloss, Ltd.; Heather K. Brickman, Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn; Athena Christofalos, Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn; Gary L. Cline, Rammelkamp Bradney, Attorneys at Law; Michael J. Duggan, Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd.; C. Dana Eastman, Jr., Thomas, Mottaz, Eastman, Erthal & Heflin; Dana Fattore Crumley, Franczek Sullivan, P.C.; S. Jeff Funk, Miller, Tracy, Braun, Funk & Miller, Ltd.; Kevin B. Gordon, Scariano, Himes and Petrarca, Chtd.; Megan Guenther, Miller, Tracy, Braun, Funk & Miller, Ltd.; Julie Heuberger Yura, Franczek Sullivan, P.C.; A. Lynn Himes, Scariano, Himes and Petrarca, Chtd.; Karen K. Hynes, Franczek Sullivan, P.C.; Heidi A. Katz, Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Ltd.; Jay R. Kraning, Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn; Nancy Fredman Krent, Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn; Darcy L. Kriha, Franczek Sullivan, P.C.; Larry D. Kuster, Rammelkamp Bradney, Attorneys at Law; Hector L. Lareau, Law Office of Hector L. Lareau; Maureen Anichini Lemon, Ottosen Britz Kelly Cooper & Gilbert, Ltd.; Fred B. Lifton, Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Ltd.; Donna K. Metzler, DKM Education Consultant; J. Christian Miller, Miller, Tracy, Braun, Funk & Miller, Ltd.; Merry C. Rhoades, Tueth, Keeney, Cooper, Mohan & Jackstadt, P.C.; Brian Schwartz, Illinois Principals Association; Christina Sepiol, Scariano, Himes and Petrarca, Chtd.; Alan T. Sraga, Sraga, Engler and Boyle, LLC; Scott F. Uhler, Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd.; Kathryn Vander Broek, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP; Brooke R. Whitted, Whitted, Cleary & Takiff, LLC; Peter K. Wilson, Jr., Mickey, Wilson, Weiler, Renzi & Andersson, P.C.; Anne Wilson-Lokken, Franczek Sullivan, P.C.

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