Tazewell-Mason Counties
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Kristina Neville Superintendent/Director
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STAFF DIRECTORY
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TMCSEA Administrative Office Hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm.
The Answer is Teaching
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 1-800-273-8255
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
Safe2Help Illinois: 1-844-4-SAFEIL - Text 72332 or Email [email protected]
Safe2Help Illinois Website
Illinois Application for Benefits Eligibility (ABE)
Help for Illinois Families
Illinois Rental Payment Program
Map for Tri-County Food Resources
Drive Up Wi-FI Hotspots
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 1-800-273-8255
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
Safe2Help Illinois: 1-844-4-SAFEIL - Text 72332 or Email [email protected]
Safe2Help Illinois Website
Illinois Application for Benefits Eligibility (ABE)
Help for Illinois Families
Illinois Rental Payment Program
Map for Tri-County Food Resources
Drive Up Wi-FI Hotspots
Tazewell-Mason Counties Special Education Association (TMCSEA) is headquartered in Pekin, Illinois, and serves 21 school districts surrounding
the two county area in west central Illinois. The program is provided in a decentralized manner. The Association is divided into seven (7) regional
mini-coops with a locally employed special education coordinator overseeing the local school operations in each of these areas. The Association provides low incidence programming, professional development and technical assistance support to member districts. TMCSEA also operates the Schramm Educational Center which is a multifaceted facility committed to providing high quality services to students with severe disabilities.
the two county area in west central Illinois. The program is provided in a decentralized manner. The Association is divided into seven (7) regional
mini-coops with a locally employed special education coordinator overseeing the local school operations in each of these areas. The Association provides low incidence programming, professional development and technical assistance support to member districts. TMCSEA also operates the Schramm Educational Center which is a multifaceted facility committed to providing high quality services to students with severe disabilities.
History
Tazewell-Mason Counties Special Education Association is a legally constituted Special Education Joint Agreement, formed under the Illinois School Code. TMCSEA is a cooperative agreement among area Superintendents and schools to provide comprehensive special education services. The Association was formed by the leadership of the two county Regional Superintendents, local school Superintendents and the Board of Education of thirty-two school districts during the school year of 1966-67. The Association became operational on July 1, 1968. The 68-69 school year opened with a staff of forty-six special education personnel. Since the 1980's, TMCSEA has been decentralized into seven mini-coops, where the individual districts hire a majority of the special education teaching and support staff. TMCSEA currently has twenty-one (21) member districts. The focus is on providing student and district consultative services, special education programs, professional development opportunities and the continued operation of Schramm Educational Center. The Association has been in operation since 1968 and has operated the Schramm Educational Center since that time. The administrative offices were originally housed in a local office building in downtown Pekin, and moved to the Schramm Educational Center in 1990. The Art Schramm family donated property in Pekin in a residential area to provide a site for Schramm Educational Center. The Center sits on seven acres of property that was jointly donated and purchased by the Association to provide the necessary school site. Rogers Academy is the cooperative's new satellite program located at 109 Rogers Road, North Pekin beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. This program serves K-12 student with emotional disabilities. In addition, TMCSEA has a joint agreement with the Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS). The Association currently employs over eighty-five special education personnel serving the twenty-one member districts.
Tazewell-Mason Counties Special Education Association is a legally constituted Special Education Joint Agreement, formed under the Illinois School Code. TMCSEA is a cooperative agreement among area Superintendents and schools to provide comprehensive special education services. The Association was formed by the leadership of the two county Regional Superintendents, local school Superintendents and the Board of Education of thirty-two school districts during the school year of 1966-67. The Association became operational on July 1, 1968. The 68-69 school year opened with a staff of forty-six special education personnel. Since the 1980's, TMCSEA has been decentralized into seven mini-coops, where the individual districts hire a majority of the special education teaching and support staff. TMCSEA currently has twenty-one (21) member districts. The focus is on providing student and district consultative services, special education programs, professional development opportunities and the continued operation of Schramm Educational Center. The Association has been in operation since 1968 and has operated the Schramm Educational Center since that time. The administrative offices were originally housed in a local office building in downtown Pekin, and moved to the Schramm Educational Center in 1990. The Art Schramm family donated property in Pekin in a residential area to provide a site for Schramm Educational Center. The Center sits on seven acres of property that was jointly donated and purchased by the Association to provide the necessary school site. Rogers Academy is the cooperative's new satellite program located at 109 Rogers Road, North Pekin beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. This program serves K-12 student with emotional disabilities. In addition, TMCSEA has a joint agreement with the Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS). The Association currently employs over eighty-five special education personnel serving the twenty-one member districts.
Mission Statement
TMCSEA: A 21 School District - Special Education - Joint Agreement which operates the Schramm Educational Center: Sees Itself: Empowering districts to meet the needs of diverse learners. An interconnection between Association - Districts - Community is established to provide for public awareness and education for students with disabilities. The Association champions equal educational opportunities and provides an array of services to include staff development, transition, low incidence classes, consultative services and technical assistance.
TMCSEA: A 21 School District - Special Education - Joint Agreement which operates the Schramm Educational Center: Sees Itself: Empowering districts to meet the needs of diverse learners. An interconnection between Association - Districts - Community is established to provide for public awareness and education for students with disabilities. The Association champions equal educational opportunities and provides an array of services to include staff development, transition, low incidence classes, consultative services and technical assistance.
Vision Statement
TMCSEA strives to promote programming and services that enable students with disabilities to maximize their individual potential and become contributing members of society. The Association, through shared programming, provides high quality, specialized educational services, programs and facilities in partnership with our member districts.
TMCSEA strives to promote programming and services that enable students with disabilities to maximize their individual potential and become contributing members of society. The Association, through shared programming, provides high quality, specialized educational services, programs and facilities in partnership with our member districts.
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Equity Pledge
TMCSEA pledges to uphold the vision of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and to support all of our members, volunteers, staff, and the students and families with exceptionalities we serve, especially those differentially impacted by systemic racism.
TMCSEA pledges to uphold the vision of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and to support all of our members, volunteers, staff, and the students and families with exceptionalities we serve, especially those differentially impacted by systemic racism.
Student Online Privacy Protection Act (SOPPA)
Public Act 101-0516, the Student Online Personal Protection Act (SOPPA) protects the privacy and security of student data and personal information collected by online applications, websites, and services when used for K-12 school purposes. Parents may carry out their rights to: Inspect and review his/her child's covered information; request electronic or paper copies of his/her child's covered information and; request corrections to his/her child's inaccurate covered information under SOPPA by contacting the TMCSEA Administrative Office at 300 Cedar Street, Pekin, IL 61554 or 309-347-5164.
105 ILCS 85/27(4), added by P.A. 101-516, effective July 1, 2021
Use of Educational Technologies; Student Data Privacy and Security
Student Data Privacy Notice to Parents
Operator Contracts
Digital Resource Request Form
Public Act 101-0516, the Student Online Personal Protection Act (SOPPA) protects the privacy and security of student data and personal information collected by online applications, websites, and services when used for K-12 school purposes. Parents may carry out their rights to: Inspect and review his/her child's covered information; request electronic or paper copies of his/her child's covered information and; request corrections to his/her child's inaccurate covered information under SOPPA by contacting the TMCSEA Administrative Office at 300 Cedar Street, Pekin, IL 61554 or 309-347-5164.
105 ILCS 85/27(4), added by P.A. 101-516, effective July 1, 2021
Use of Educational Technologies; Student Data Privacy and Security
Student Data Privacy Notice to Parents
Operator Contracts
Digital Resource Request Form
Title IX:
TMCSEA prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to the Title IX Coordinator, Adam Mangold @ [email protected] or by phone 309/347-5164. The notice of nondiscrimination is located at www.tmcsea.org.
Title IX Training Materials:
Changes to Title IX Affecting Schools
Responding to Discrimination on the Basis of Sex in K-12 School Systems
Q&A on the Title IX Regulations on Sexual Harassment (7/21)
TMCSEA prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to the Title IX Coordinator, Adam Mangold @ [email protected] or by phone 309/347-5164. The notice of nondiscrimination is located at www.tmcsea.org.
Title IX Training Materials:
Changes to Title IX Affecting Schools
Responding to Discrimination on the Basis of Sex in K-12 School Systems
Q&A on the Title IX Regulations on Sexual Harassment (7/21)
General Public Posting
Registered Sex Offenders can be viewed on the Illinois State Police website at https://isp.illinois.gov/Sor/Disclaimer.
Registered Sex Offenders can be viewed on the Illinois State Police website at https://isp.illinois.gov/Sor/Disclaimer.
Notice: Students with disabilities who do not qualify for an individualized education program may qualify for services under Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 if the child (i) has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, (ii) has a record of a physical or mental impairment, or (iii) is regarded as having a physical or mental impairment. Inquiries should be directed to the TMCSEA Administrative Office at 309/347-5164 regarding the identification, assessment, and placement of such children. A parent who is deaf or does not typically communicate using spoken English and who participates in a Section 504 meeting with a representative of a local educational agency shall be entitled to the services of an interpreter.
Interpreter Services:
Any parent who is deaf or hard of hearing or does not typically communicate in English & who participates in an IEP or Section 504 meeting shall be entitled to an interpreter.
Any parent who is deaf or hard of hearing or does not typically communicate in English & who participates in an IEP or Section 504 meeting shall be entitled to an interpreter.
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
- mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or - fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or - email:
[email protected]