Special Education and Support Services
House Joint Resolution 24
Special Education Funding Task Force - Closed October 2010
Task Force Members | Final Task Force Report | Meeting Archive | Resources | Contact Us
Overview
On July 26, 2007, House Joint Resolution 0024 (HJR 24) was adopted by the Illinois General Assembly. HJR 24 creates a Task Force to study special education funding needs and to make a recommendation as to how the State can increase special education funding and ease the financial burden on school districts.
The task force consists of the State Superintendent of Education (or designee), plus 16 legislatively appointed members to include public members representing the interests of special education, administrators and services, school districts non-public special education facilities and disability advocates.
The legislation also calls for the task force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, 2008 and provides that the task force shall be facilitated by the State Board of Education. In January, 2009, State Representative Sandra M. Pihos filed House Amendment No. 1 which changes the date by which the task force must report its findings and recommendations from January 1, 2008 to August 1, 2009.
Task Force Members
Facilitator: Thomas B. Parrish, Ed.D., Special Education Funding Expert American Institutes of Research (AIRS)
- Peg Agnos, Executive Director, Legislative Education Network of DuPage County
- Dr. Frances Carroll
- Elizabeth Conran, The Menta Group
- The Honorable Dan Cronin, State Senator, District 21
- Charlotte DesJardins, Family Resource Center on Disabilities
- The Honorable Charles A. Flowers, Ed.D., Regional Superintendent, Suburban Cook County
- Elizabeth Hanselman (Designee), Assistant Superintendent, Illinois State Board of Education
- Bridget Helmholz, Governmental Affairs Consultant, Illinois Association of Special Education Centers
- Dr. Christopher A. Koch, Ed.D., State Superintendent of Education
- Roxanne Kovacevich, Executive Director, Lockport Area Special Education Cooperative
- The Honorable Kimberly Lightford, State Senator, District 4
- Sally Masear, Director of Special Education, Tazewell Mason County Special Education Cooperative
- Scott Pasley, Principal, Greenville Elementary School
- The Honorable Sandra M. Pihos, State Representative, District 42
- The Honorable Kathleen A. Ryg, State Representative, District 59
- Michael Schack, Executive Director, Joseph Academy
- Cathy Ficker Terrill, President and CEO, Ray Graham Association
- Dr. Sonya Whitaker, Director for Academic Improvement, Schaumburg School District 54
Final Task Force Report—September 2010
- Cover letter to the General Assembly—October 2010
- Attachment A:
- Attachment B
- Attachment C (3.73MB)
- Attachment D (1.92MB)
- Attachment E (3.86MB)
- Attachment F
Meeting Archive
- September 27, 2010
- August 18, 2010
- June 17, 2010
- May 12, 2010
- April 12, 2010
- March 8, 2010
- February 1, 2010
- May 11, 2009
- April 23, 2009
- March 17, 2009
- February 23, 2009
- January 13, 2009
Resources
General Information
- School Finance Redesign Project: Funding Student Learning – How to Align Education Resources with Student Learning Goals
- Education Funding: The Funding of Elementary and Secondary Education
- State Special Education Finance Systems, 1999-2000, Part I, May 2003
- State Special Education Finance Systems, 1999-2000, Part II, May 2003
Presentations
- Considering Special Education Funding in Illinois: State and National Trends
- A Report to the Special Education Funding Task Force: A Focus on the Federal Laws and Thirty Years of Key Points Affecting Children and Services
- Illinois General State Aid Formula
Report Information
Contact Information
Questions regarding the Special Education Funding Task Force should be directed to
Elizabeth Hanselman
Assistant Superintendent
Special Education and Support Services
Illinois State Board of Education
100 North First Street
Springfield, IL 62777-0001
Phone: 217-782-4870
Fax: 217-782-9224
E-mail questions should be sent to: lsmith@isbe.net
