105 ILCS 5/14-11.01

The State Board of Education shall maintain or contract for an educational materials coordinating unit for children with disabilities to provide: (1) Staff and resources for the coordination, cataloging, standardizing, production, procurement, storage, and distribution of educational materials needed by children with visual disabilities and adults with disabilities. (2) Staff and resources of an instructional materials center to include library, audio-visual, programmed, and other types of instructional materials peculiarly adapted to the instruction of pupils with disabilities. The educational materials coordinating unit shall have as its major purpose the improvement of instructional programs for children with disabilities and the in-service training of all professional personnel associated with programs of special education and to these ends is authorized to operate under rules and regulations of the State Board of Education with the advice of the Advisory Council.