The Amendment to SB 2344 to guarantee access for Special Education Students for an education at Enger School is scheduled for Hearing, today, April 24, 2018, at 4 pm in front of the Illinois Senate Education Committee in 212 Capitol, Springfield Illinois. This committee is chaired by Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant and the Vice Chair is Kimberly A. Lightford, with the Minority Spokesperson being Chuck Weaver.

As of 1:30 pm there are 167 opponents to the Amendment and 402 proponents for the Amendment.

Please peruse the links to the opponents and proponents of the Amendment.

Please go on line and support the Amendment by signing in as a proponent before the hearing at 4 PM.

At this link:

http://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/108859?committeeHearingId=15880&LegislationId=108859&LegislationDocumentId=142397

It is shocking to see professional educators opposing the continuity of the education of special education students from Norridge SD 80.

This type of conduct by professional educators clearly debunks any representations by “educators” that it is about the children and education, rather it is about egos and down right vindictive conduct.

It has become clear as the day goes on, that Leyden Area Special Education CoOp (LASEC) is holding SD 80 special education children “hostage” to achieve their goal of punishing SD 80 for withdrawing from LASEC and providing a strong threat to any other District that choses to withdraw that they will be dealt with as brutally as LASEC is treating the special education students of Norridge School District 80.

Link to Witness Slips of Proponents:

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/Witnessslip.asp?LegDocId=142397&DocNum=2344&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=&GAID=14&SessionID=91&GA=100&WSType=PROP

Link to Witness Slips of Opponents:

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/Witnessslip.asp?LegDocId=142397&DocNum=2344&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=&GAID=14&SessionID=91&GA=100&WSType=OPP