special education

A bill to allow special education students who turn 22 to continue with their classwork until the end of the school year has passed unanimously through the State Senate.

School officials statewide are reporting that districts are having a hard time filling teaching positions. The Illinois Association of Regional…

Illinois school chiefs are pressing lawmakers to pass a budget that fully funds schools before the legislative session draws to a close this week. School…

In the ongoing budget grudge match between Governor Bruce Rauner and the Democratically-controlled legislature, one bright spot is that public schools…

A budget request from the Illinois State Board of Education would increase state funding to most school districts. Only the wealthiest districts would see…

Governor Pat Quinn has approved a supplemental spending bill for the budget year ending June 30th. The 1.8 billion dollar package, signed Monday, pays…

The State of Illinois caps the number of high needs learners who share the attention of a single special education teacher.For the past decade, there has…