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The Illinois State Board of Education will sever its relationship with a therapeutic day school in Aurora after an investigation revealed understaffing and mistreatment of students with disabilities.
The state board of education announced in a press release on Friday that it will make school districts relocate students from Northern Illinois Academy, an 87-bed private youth residential program facility and therapeutic day school in Aurora, to another state-approved facility following a report by Equip for Equality, an advocacy organization for people with disabilities.
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This year, the state spent over $152 million on therapeutic day schools for students with disabilities who were transferred from a public school district due to the complexity of their needs or the inability of school districts to serve them. Next year, the state plans to spend nearly $174 million.
State takes action against Aurora academy that serves children with disabilities
Updated 5/14/2021 3:21 PM
SPRINGFIELD Officials from multiple state agencies said Friday that they are cutting ties with a residential school that serves children in state care with mental and developmental disabilities after an independent review documented reports of mistreatment of youth at the Aurora facility.
Northern Illinois Academy is an 87-bed private residential facility that serves children with co-occurring mental illnesses or autism, mood disorders and developmental delays. It is owned and operated by Sequel Youth and Family Services and receives funding from the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human Services.
Officials from multiple state agencies said Friday that they are cutting ties with a residential school that serves children in state care with mental and developmental disabilities after an independent review documented reports of mistreatment of youth at the facility.
Northern Illinois Academy, in Aurora, is an 87-bed private residential facility that serves children with co-occurring mental illnesses or autism, mood disorders and developmental delays. It is owned and operated by Sequel Youth and Family Services and receives funding from the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human Services.
Mattoon, IL, USA / MyRadioLink.com
For Immediate Release – May 14, 2021
Administration to Transition Students Out of Northern Illinois Academy Following Findings of State-Commissioned Equip for Equality Report
AURORA – The State of Illinois is transitioning all students in its care from Northern Illinois Academy to alternate placements, following an Equip for Equality report commissioned by the state in January 2021 to review the facility’s practices. The Illinois State Board of Education conducted its review of the facility. Based on that review, it announced today that effective August 6, 2021, it will assign a status of “non-approved” to NIA for education services. NIA is an 87-bed private youth residential treatment facility and therapeutic day school located in Aurora and operated by Sequel Youth and Family Services.
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