105 ILCS 5/14-11.01

(105 ILCS 5/14-11.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-11.01)

Sec. 14-11.01.

Educational materials coordinating
unit.

The State Board
of Education shall maintain or contract for an educational materials
coordinating
unit for children with disabilities to provide:

(1) Staff and resources for the coordination,

cataloging, standardizing, production, procurement, storage, and distribution of educational materials needed by children with visual disabilities and adults with disabilities.

(2) Staff and resources of an instructional materials

center to include library, audio-visual, programmed, and other types of instructional materials peculiarly adapted to the instruction of pupils with disabilities.

The educational materials coordinating unit shall have as its major purpose
the improvement of instructional programs for children with
disabilities and the
in-service training of all professional personnel associated with programs
of special education and to these ends is authorized to operate under rules
and regulations of the State Board of Education with the advice of the Advisory
Council.

(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)