Section 1.450  Special Programs

a)         Summer School

A school district may conduct summer school programs (Sections 10-22.33A and 34-18 of The School Code), and receive state reimbursement (The School Code, Section 18-8).

b)         Evening School Credit Courses

The State Board of Education encourages the growth of new and creative programs to meet the needs of out-of-school youths and adults. Pursuant to the needs of such students, each high school shall adopt policies with reference to the awarding of credit for evening school courses on the same basis as courses taught in the day program. Experimental and pilot studies may be undertaken with approval of, and under the supervision of, the State Board of Education.  If a program is approved in advance by the State Board of Education, a high school may issue credit for a course on the basis of qualitative attainment rather than on the time element.

c)         Boards of education shall adopt a definite policy regarding institutions that provide correspondence courses and the number of credits that will be applied toward graduation.

d)         Programs for Children with Exceptional Needs

1)         Each local district, independently or in cooperation with other school districts, shall provide a comprehensive program of special education which will meet the needs of children ages 3 to 21 with the following exceptional characteristics (Article 14, The School Code):

A)        Auditory, visual, physical, or health impairment;

B)        Speech and/or language impairment;

C)        Deficits in the essential learning of perception, conceptualization, memory, attention and/or motor control;

D)        Deficits in intellectual development and mental capacity;

E)         Educational maladjustment related to social and/or cultural circumstances;

F)         Affective disorders and/or adaptive behavior which restricts effective functioning.

2)         These special education programs shall provide school psychological services and school social worker services (Sections 14-1.08 and 14-4.01 of The School Code).

AGENCY NOTE:  See Subpart D, Section 1.420(u)

3)         Schools shall provide appropriate physical education programs for exceptional students.

4)         In those instances where a student's special needs cannot be met through the local or joint Special Education Program, the public school district may enroll the handicapped student in a private facility under Section 14-7.02 of The School Code.  The placing school district shall follow the provisions of 23 Ill. Adm. Code 226, Special Education and place the handicapped student in a nonpublic facility that is properly registered under 23 Ill. Adm. Code 401, Nonpublic Special Education Facilities.