Full Text of HR0410 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize the 60th anniversary of the | 4 | | LaGrange Area Department of Special Education (LADSE); and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, LADSE began as a pilot project in 1956, an
| 6 | | initiative led by its first Executive Director, C. Lewis | 7 | | Martin; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, LADSE was established by the State of Illinois in | 9 | | 1957; it was authorized to assist 14 public school districts in | 10 | | the delivery of special
education services to students with | 11 | | disabilities - services that were not yet required by federal | 12 | | law; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In 1957, LADSE provided special education | 14 | | classroom
instruction to 122 students in 12 classrooms located | 15 | | in five member districts; as of 2017, LADSE provides | 16 | | specialized classroom instruction to 185 students in 20 | 17 | | classrooms located in seven member districts and two community | 18 | | settings; in addition, LADSE provides
vocational instruction | 19 | | to 208 district students in district classrooms and community | 20 | | settings; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, In 1966, LADSE began operating the Secondary Deaf |
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| 1 | | and Hard of Hearing program for students in the DuPage West | 2 | | Cook region, serving up to 80 students from 25 or more | 3 | | districts on an annual basis; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, In 2017, LADSE provides more than 20 types of | 5 | | support services designed to help students, who have or
are at | 6 | | risk of disabilities, achieve improved outcomes in district | 7 | | classrooms and in community settings; in the summer of 2017, | 8 | | LADSE will provide specialized instruction to 250 eligible | 9 | | preschool or
elementary students and 20 high school students; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The primary purpose of LADSE is now to provide | 12 | | access to the wide range of specialized services and
| 13 | | information necessary to make district services more complete, | 14 | | more personalized, and more effective
for students who have or | 15 | | are at-risk of disabilities; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 | | recognize the 60th anniversary of the LaGrange Area Department | 19 | | of Special Education, and we wish them many more successful | 20 | | years; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to LADSE as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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