PART226. SPECIAL EDUCATION  


SUBPART A. GENERAL
§ 226.10. Purpose
§ 226.50. Requirements for a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
§ 226.60. Charter Schools
§ 226.75. Definitions
SUBPART B. IDENTIFICATION OF ELIGIBLE CHILDREN
§ 226.100. Child Find Responsibility
§ 226.110. Evaluation Procedures
§ 226.120. Reevaluations
§ 226.125. Specific Learning Disability: Dyslexia
§ 226.130. Additional Procedures for Students Suspected of or Having a Specific Learning Disability
§ 226.135. Additional Procedures for Students Suspected of or Having an Intellectual Disability
§ 226.140. Modes of Communication and Cultural Identification
§ 226.150. Evaluation to be Nondiscriminatory
§ 226.160. Medical Review
§ 226.170. Criteria for Determining the Existence of a Specific Learning Disability [Repealed]
§ 226.180. Independent Educational Evaluation
§ 226.190. Reevaluation [Repealed]
SUBPART C. THE INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM (IEP)
§ 226.200. General Requirements
§ 226.210. IEP Team
§ 226.220. Development, Review, and Revision of the IEP
§ 226.230. Content of the IEP
§ 226.240. Determination of Placement
§ 226.250. Child Aged Three Through Five
§ 226.260. Child Reaching Age Three
SUBPART D. PLACEMENT
§ 226.300. Continuum of Alternative Placement Options
§ 226.310. Related Services
§ 226.320. Service to Students Living in Residential Care Facilities
§ 226.330. Placement by School District in State-Operated or Nonpublic Special Education Facilities
§ 226.335. Nonpublic Special Education Placement of Public School Students During a Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation
§ 226.340. Nonpublic Placements by Parents Where FAPE is at Issue
§ 226.350. Service to Parentally-Placed Private School Students
§ 226.360. Placement by School Districts in Remote Educational Programs
SUBPART E. DISCIPLINE
§ 226.400. Disciplinary Actions
§ 226.410. Manifestation Determination Review [Repealed]
§ 226.420. Appeals [Repealed]
§ 226.430. Protection for Children Not Yet Eligible for Special Education [Repealed]
§ 226.440. Referral to and Action by Law Enforcement and Judicial Authorities [Repealed]
SUBPART F. PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS
§ 226.500. Language of Notifications
§ 226.510. Notification of Parents' Rights
§ 226.520. Notification of District's Proposal
§ 226.530. Parents' Participation
§ 226.540. Consent
§ 226.550. Surrogate Parents
§ 226.560. Mediation
§ 226.570. State Complaint Procedures
SUBPART G. DUE PROCESS
§ 226.600. Calculation of Timelines
§ 226.605. Request for Hearing; Basis [Repealed]
§ 226.610. Information to Parents Concerning Right to Hearing
§ 226.615. Procedure for Request
§ 226.620. Denial of Hearing Request [Repealed]
§ 226.625. Rights of the Parties Related to Hearings
§ 226.630. Qualifications, Training, and Service of Impartial Due Process Hearing Officers
§ 226.635. Appointment, Recusal, and Substitution of Impartial Due Process Hearing Officers
§ 226.640. Scheduling the Hearing and Pre-Hearing Conference
§ 226.645. Conducting the Pre-Hearing Conference
§ 226.650. Child's Status During Due Process Hearing [Repealed]
§ 226.655. Expedited Due Process Hearing
§ 226.660. Powers and Duties of Hearing Officer
§ 226.665. Record of Proceedings
§ 226.670. Decision of Hearing Officer; Clarification
§ 226.675. Monitoring and Enforcement of Decisions; Notice of Ineligibility for Funding
§ 226.680. Reporting of Decisions [Repealed]
§ 226.690. Transfer of Parental Rights
SUBPART H. ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS
§ 226.700. General
§ 226.710. Policies and Procedures
§ 226.720. Facilities and Classes
§ 226.730. Class Size for 2009-10 and Beyond
§ 226.731. Class Size Provisions for 2007-08 and 2008-09 [Repealed]
§ 226.735. Work Load for Special Educators
§ 226.740. Records; Confidentiality
§ 226.750. Additional Services
§ 226.760. Evaluation of Special Education
§ 226.770. Fiscal Provisions
§ 226.780. Procedures for Withdrawal Hearings before the Regional Board of School Trustees
SUBPART I. PERSONNEL
§ 226.800. Personnel Required to be Qualified
§ 226.810. Early Childhood Special Education
§ 226.820. Authorization for Assignment
§ 226.830. List of Independent Evaluators
§ 226.840. Qualifications of Evaluators
§ 226.850. List of Qualified Workers
§ 226.860. List of Other Employees Qualifying for Reimbursement [Repealed]
SOURCE: Adopted August 12, 1976; rules repealed and new emergency rules adopted at 2 Ill. Reg. 37, p. 29, effective September 1, 1978, for a maximum of 150 days; rules repealed and new rules adopted at 3 Ill. Reg. 5, p. 932, effective February 1, 1979; emergency amendment at 4 Ill. Reg. 38, p. 328, effective September 15, 1980, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 8021, effective July 22, 1981; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 558, effective December 23, 1981; emergency amendment at 7 Ill. Reg. 6511, effective May 6, 1983, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment at 7 Ill. Reg. 8949, effective July 15, 1983, for a maximum of 150 days; codified at 8 Ill. Reg. 6669; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 7617, effective May 17, 1984; emergency amendment at 10 Ill. Reg. 3292, effective January 27, 1986, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired June 24, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 18743, effective October 22, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 19411, effective October 31, 1986; amended at 13 Ill. Reg. 15388, effective September 14, 1989; emergency amendment at 14 Ill. Reg. 11364, effective June 26, 1990, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired November 23, 1990; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 40, effective December 24, 1990; amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 12868, effective August 10, 1992; emergency amendment at 17 Ill. Reg. 13622, effective August 3, 1993, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired December 31, 1993; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 1930, effective January 24, 1994; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 4685, effective March 11, 1994; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 16318, effective October 25, 1994; amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 7207, effective May 10, 1995; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 10908, effective August 5, 1996; amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 7655, effective July 1, 1997; Part repealed, new Part adopted at 24 Ill. Reg. 13884, effective August 25, 2000; amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 8126, effective April 28, 2003; amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 9915, effective June 28, 2007; amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 4828, effective March 21, 2008; amended at 34 Ill. Reg. 17433, effective October 28, 2010; amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 8836, effective May 26, 2011; peremptory amendment, pursuant to PA 97-461, at 35 Ill. Reg. 14836, effective August 22, 2011; amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 12648, effective July 18, 2012; amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 12870, effective July 24, 2012; amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 16788, effective October 2, 2013; amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 2220, effective January 13, 2016; emergency amendment at 44 Ill. Reg. 5917, effective March 25, 2020, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment to emergency rule at 44 Ill. Reg. 6675, effective April 9, 2020, for the remainder of the 150 days; emergency rule effective March 25, 2020, as amended April 9, 2020, expired August 21, 2020; amended at 44 Ill. Reg. 14792, effective August 27, 2020; amended at 45 Ill. Reg. 1671, effective January 22, 2021; amended at 45 Ill. Reg. 3377, effective March 2, 2021; emergency amendment at 45 Ill. Reg. 11355, effective August 26, 2021, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired January 22, 2022; emergency amendment at 46 Ill. Reg. 3005, effective February 4, 2022, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency rule expired July 3, 2022; amended at 46 Ill. Reg. 6453, effective April 11, 2022; amended at 46 Ill. Reg. 13246, effective July 13, 2022; amended at 47 Ill. Reg. 2244, effective February 6, 2023.

Notation

AUTHORITY: Implementing Article 14 and authorized by Section 2-3.6 of the School Code [105 ILCS 5].