Degree Name

Education Specialist (EdS)

Semester of Degree Completion

1991

Thesis Director

Larry Janes

Abstract

The goal of this project was to determine if the eight local school districts in Clark and Edgar counties could provide special education services as effectively as the Eastern Illinois Special Education Cooperative. The study answered this question and provided the districts involved with sufficient data and analysis to recommend to their individual Boards of Education the way in which they would offer these services in the future. This project provided the districts with such alternatives to the current delivery system as to suggest the possibility that the centralized system of special education services has viable alternatives. Districts were able to determine the effectiveness of the current delivery system as compared to the alternative system proposed in this study. The value of this study was in its presence as an option for districts. Qualitative and quantitative considerations were made with respect to their impact on existing programs, facilities, transportation, finances, staff needs, and state reimbursement. The collection of data was conducted by surveying the affected districts, collecting data from the Eastern Illinois Area Special Education Cooperative, and consulting the Illinois State Board of Education.

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