SEDol

What SEDol does

SEDOL (Special Education District of Lake County) is a public special education cooperative organized in 1960 under The Illinois School Code, serving 31 member school districts across approximately 400 square miles of Lake County, Illinois. The cooperative delivers instructional programs, related services, and professional staff development for students with disabilities ages 3 through 22, operating six dedicated schools — Cyd Lash Academy, Fairhaven School, Gages Lake School, John Powers Center, Laremont School, and the Regional Safe School Program — alongside embedded itinerant staff placed inside member district schools.

The service portfolio spans Sector classrooms, vocational and PreVoc programs, multiple Transition pathways (Community Life Skills, ELP, LASSO3, REACH, Supported Transition), and a full continuum of related services including Assistive Technology, Audiology, Nursing, Behavioral Support, Occupational and Physical Therapy, School Psychology, Social Work, and Speech-Language Pathology. Approximately 600 staff — teachers, assistants, audiologists, OT/PT, SLP, psychologists, social workers, nurses, and support personnel — serve roughly 500 enrolled students plus several hundred additional students receiving contractual and itinerant services annually.

SEDOL is governed by a two-tiered board structure: a Governing Board with one representative from each member district and an Executive Board comprising four Governing Board members, four district superintendents, and the Lake County Regional Superintendent of Schools. Funding flows from joint agreement contributions by the 31 member districts, state and federal special education allocations (including IDEA), and local tax revenues. As a public-sector cooperative under state statute, SEDOL is not privately owned, not venture-backed, and does not disclose commercial revenue. Its competitive position is anchored by regulatory standing, scale-driven cost efficiency, and deep operational entrenchment within member-district service workflows.

Name

SEDol

Legal name

Special Education District of Lake County

Website

https://sedol.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

SEDOL is a public special education cooperative serving 31 member school districts across Lake County, Illinois. It operates six schools and itinerant programs delivering instructional and related services to approximately 500 enrolled students with disabilities ages 3-22.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Special Education Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (6117), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

School-Based SEL Curriculum & Instructional Programs (EDAKAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Behavioral/SEL-Integrated Academic Tutoring (Self-regulation, anxiety-informed study support) (EDANAFAK), Staff Training, Coaching & Professional Development (SEL/Mental Health) (EDAKAMAL)

Keywords

• Special education services
• Cooperative education programs
• Disability support services
• Related services
• Transition vocational programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Crystal Lake

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Member District Contributions and Contractual Services: SEDOL is funded through joint agreement contributions from its 31 member school districts, as well as state and federal funding for special education programs. Revenue comes from contractual arrangements with member districts for providing instructional programs, related services, and professional staff development for students with disabilities ages 3 through 22.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SEDOL provides cooperative special education instructional programs, related services, and professional staff development for students with disabilities ages 3 through 22 across 31 member school districts in Lake County, Illinois. Services include sector classrooms, vocational and transition programs, itinerant services, and specialized therapies (occupational, physical, speech-language, audiology, assistive technology, nursing, behavioral, psychology, social work) delivered through six specialized schools and itinerant staff.

Product overview

SEDOL (Special Education District of Lake County) is a public educational cooperative providing special education programs and services to students with disabilities across 31 member school districts in Lake County, Illinois. Rather than a unified software product, SEDOL operates a portfolio of educational programs and support services including Sector classrooms, Vocational programs, Transition services, and Itinerant services. These programs are delivered through six schools (Cyd Lash Academy, Fairhaven School, Gages Lake School, John Powers Center, Laremont School, and Regional Safe School Program) and supported by specialized services such as Assistive Technology, Audiology, Nursing, Behavioral Support, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Psychology, Social Work, and Speech-Language services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sector Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves approximately 500 students in specialized programs plus several hundred more through itinerant services annually

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• 31 Member School Districts of Lake CountycoreOthers · 1 January 1960SEDOL was organized in 1960 under the Illinois School Code as a special education cooperative. The joint agreement includes 31 local school districts that jointly fund and utilize SEDOL's programs and services. Each district is represented on the Governing Board and contributes to cooperative program planning and cost-sharing.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET): National professional association supporting special education teachers through training, resources, and advocacy. Adjacent to SEDOL's mission in the special education ecosystem — relevant for staff development and policy trends affecting cooperatives like SEDOL, though not a direct competitor.
• Council for Exceptional Children (CEC): Largest international professional organization dedicated to improving outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities. Relevant to SEDOL as a source of standards, professional development frameworks, and policy advocacy in the same special education domain.

Direct peers

• Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization (NSSEO): An Illinois special education cooperative serving member districts with instructional programs, related services, and professional development. Closely comparable to SEDOL in operating model — joint agreement of districts under the Illinois School Code pooling specialized staff and programs.
• Southwest Cook County Association for Special Education (SWCASE): Illinois special education cooperative organized under the Illinois School Code to provide cooperative programs and related services to member districts. Operates an essentially identical model to SEDOL, including itinerant services, classrooms, and transition programming.
• Special Education District of McHenry County (SEDOM): A neighboring Illinois special education cooperative that similarly pools resources from member school districts to deliver instructional programs, related services, and transition/vocational supports to students with disabilities. Directly comparable in mission, governance structure under the Illinois School Code, and service mix to SEDOL.
• Bureau of Innovative Special Education (BIASED): Illinois special education cooperative pooling member districts to deliver instructional and related services to students with disabilities. Comparable cooperative structure and reliance on joint agreement funding make it a direct operational analog to SEDOL.

Regional players

• DuPage Regional Office of Education: Regional Office of Education for a different Illinois county that supports special education oversight, professional development, and related services for member districts. Comparable to SEDOL in serving a regional consortium of districts, though at a different governance tier.

Broad incumbents

• Lake County Regional Office of Education (ROE 34): The Regional Office of Education serving Lake County, with oversight of school districts including SEDOL member districts. Adjacent in governance and funding ecosystem but broader in mandate — regulatory, compliance, and educator support rather than direct special education service delivery.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SEDOL_IL
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@SEDOL_825
• Facebookfacebook.com/Sedol.US
• Instagraminstagram.com/sedol_il
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sedol

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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