Lockport Area Special Ed

What Lockport Area Special Ed does

Lockport Area Special Education Cooperative (LASEC) is an Illinois special education cooperative, established in the 1960s, that delivers specialized educational programs and related clinical services to low-incidence special needs students from five member school districts in the Lockport and Crest Hill area: Chaney-Monge District 88, Richland 88A, Fairmont District 89, Taft District 90, and Lockport 91. Its service portfolio comprises five educational programs — Early Childhood (ages 3-5), Communication Development (K-8), Cognitive Adaptive Development (K-8), LASEC Academy (emotional/behavioral support), and Extended School Year (ESY) — supported by seven related services including Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Social Work, Speech/Language, Hearing Itinerant, Vision Itinerant, and Assistive Technology. Programs are aligned with Illinois State Early Learning Standards and Common Core Standards, and staff include special education teachers, speech/language pathologists, social workers, and paraprofessionals operating under IEP-driven service plans.

LASEC operates as a governmental educational cooperative funded through contributions from its five member school districts combined with state and federal special education (IDEA) funding; pricing is not publicly disclosed. Governance rests with a Board of Directors composed of the five member-district superintendents, with Chaney-Monge District 88 serving as the administrative agent and Dr. Hassan von Schlegell as Executive Director. Services are delivered directly within member-district school facilities rather than through a separate channel, and the organization supports monthly preschool screenings as a community-facing entry point.

Strategically, LASEC is a stable, mission-constrained public-sector entity: it holds an effective service-area monopoly for low-incidence special education within its member districts, faces near-zero churn risk by design, and shows no signals of geographic expansion, M&A, or new commercial lines. Its technology footprint is limited to accessibility-focused assistive technology tools and a relatively dated web presence, with no evidence of proprietary AI/ML, software platforms, or external revenue lines.

Name

Lockport Area Special Ed

Legal name

Lockport Area Special Education Cooperative

Website

https://lasec.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lockport Area Special Education Cooperative (LASEC) is an Illinois governmental cooperative, founded in the 1960s, that delivers specialized educational programs and related clinical services for low-incidence special needs students (ages 3-21) from five member school districts in Lockport and Crest Hill.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Special Education Services

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Differentiated Instruction & Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Implementation Support (EDAKABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Special Needs-Inclusive Early Learning Academies (EDACADAI), Universal Design for Learning (UDL) & Inclusive Classroom Support Platforms (EDAFAKAI)

Keywords

• Special education services
• Special education cooperative
• School district services
• Related services
• Assistive education

Headquarters

HQ city

Lockport

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

LASEC is a special education cooperative that delivers specialized programs and related services to low incidence special needs students from five member school districts in Lockport and Crest Hill, Illinois. It operates five core educational programs (Early Childhood, Communication Development, Cognitive Adaptive Development, LASEC Academy, Extended School Year) and seven related services (Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Social Work, Speech/Language, Hearing Itinerant, Vision Itinerant, Assistive Technology), plus free monthly preschool screenings.

Product overview

Lockport Area Special Education Cooperative (LASEC) is a special education cooperative offering a comprehensive suite of programs and related services for low incidence special needs students from five member school districts in Lockport and Crest Hill, Illinois. The organization provides five core educational programs: Early Childhood (ages 3-5), Communication Development (K-8), Cognitive Adaptive Development (K-8), LASEC Academy (emotional/behavioral support), and Extended School Year (ESY) services. These programs are supported by seven related services including Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Social Work, Speech/Language, Hearing Itinerant, Vision Itinerant, and Assistive Technology. LASEC also conducts monthly preschool screenings. The cooperative serves children with unique needs who require specialized educational support, functioning as both a direct service provider and a coordinating body for member districts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Early Childhood Program
• Communication Development Program
• Cognitive Adaptive Development Program
• LASEC Academy
• Extended School Year (ESY)
• Occupational Therapy (OT)
• Physical Therapy (PT)
• Social Work Services
• Speech/Language Services
• Hearing Itinerant Services
• Vision Itinerant Services
• Assistive Technology Services
• Pre-School Screening

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Emerging players

• PresenceLearning: A telehealth provider of speech-language, occupational, mental health, and behavioral services to K-12 schools, including special education cooperatives. Directly comparable to LASEC's related services line (Speech/Language, OT, Social Work) but delivered remotely at scale rather than via in-district staff.
• RethinkEd: A K-12 special education curriculum, behavior intervention, and professional learning platform serving districts and special education cooperatives. Comparable to LASEC in serving the special education segment, though RethinkEd delivers via SaaS content and PD rather than direct in-classroom programs like LASEC's Academy and Cognitive Adaptive Development offerings.

Others

• Public Consulting Group: A consulting firm that provides special education staffing, Medicaid billing, and IDEA compliance services to school districts and cooperatives. Adjacent to LASEC as an enabler of Medicaid/IDEA-related back-office and direct-service operations, rather than a direct competitor.
• Frontline Education: A K-12 software provider whose solutions include special education case management, IEP development, and related service tracking for districts and cooperatives. Adjacent to LASEC as an enabling technology partner that supports the operational management of special education programs.

Broad incumbents

• Stride, Inc. (formerly K12 Inc.): A publicly traded online K-12 education provider offering special education and individualized learning programs at national scale. Comparable to LASEC as a special education service provider but with a fundamentally different delivery model (online/virtual) and broader customer base than the five-district cooperative model.

Direct peers

• Northern Suburban Special Education District (NSSEO): An Illinois special education cooperative serving multiple northern suburban school districts with low-incidence special needs programs and related services. Directly comparable to LASEC in cooperative governance model, member-district funding structure, and service mix (Early Childhood through transition, OT/PT, Speech, Social Work, Assistive Technology).
• Niles Township District for Special Education (NTDSE): An Illinois special education cooperative serving several Niles Township districts with programs for students with significant disabilities and related therapies. Comparable to LASEC as a multi-district Illinois special education cooperative using the same funding/governance model and serving a similar low-incidence special needs population.
• Special Education District of Lake County (SEDOL): An Illinois special education cooperative/district serving Lake County member districts with programs for students with low-incidence disabilities and a full array of related services. Closely comparable to LASEC in organizational structure (multi-district cooperative), service scope, and Illinois public-funding model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/LASEC-Lockport-Area-Special-Education-Cooperative-1908872149408421
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lockport-area-special-ed

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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