1. SUE GAMM, Esq.
Educational Strategies & Support
SueGamm@aol.com
ACADEMIC DEGREES
DePaul CollegeofLaw, Chicago, J.D.,IllinoisandFederal Bar,U.S.Supreme CourtBar (1976)
Universityof Illinois, Champaign,IL. B.A.,RegularandSpecial EducationwithHighHonors(1970)
EMPLOYMENT
IndependentConsultant,Professional Developer,Author& Expert Witness (2003-present) See
relevantsectionsbelow fordetailedinformation.
ChiefSpecializedServices Officer,ChicagoPublicSchools (1995-2003) Accountable foreffective
special educationandrelatedservicesprovidedto57,000 childrenwithdisabilities,including
implementationof Federal classactionsettlementagreementon educationof childrenwith
disabilitiesinleastrestrictive settingandreductionof studentsidentifiedashavingalearning
disability;supportservicesforall studentsinChicagoPublicSchoolstoreduce overrepresentationin
special education,systemof positive behavioral interventionsandsupport,crisisintervention,Safe
and Drug Free Schoolsprogram,alternativeschoolsforexpelledstudents, SaturdayMorning
AlternativetoExpulsionprogram,CoordinatedSchool Healthprogram, andHomelessEducation
Program.With managementresponsibilityfor$600+ millionbudget,developedstrategiestouse
outcome data to evaluate effectivenessof programsandprofessional development.
Director, Policy& Compliance,Departmentof Special Educationand Pupil SupportServices,
ChicagoPublicSchools (1992-1995) Providedpolicyandguidance onissuesinvolvingservicesto
studentswithdisabilitiesandthose atriskof academicfailure,special educationoutcome data
management,due processhearingandmediationmanagement,complaintinvestigations,and
manual of policiesandproceduresandrelatedtrainingactivities.
Director, Elementary & SecondaryEducationDivision;AssistantCivil RightsAttorney, Officefor
Civil Rights (RegionV), U.S.Department ofEducation (1979-1992) Directedcomplaintand
compliance reviewinvestigations,andtechnicalassistance toschool superintendents,school staff,
parents,andconstituentgroupsinIllinois,Wisconsin,andMinnesota. Supervisedpreparationof
letterof findings,approvalof corrective actionplans,administrativehearings,mediations,and
analysisof systemiccivil rightseducationissues.
StaffAttorney, ChildAdvocateAssociation (1976-1079). Representedchildandyouthvictimsof
physical andsexual abuse;providedlegaladvice tomultidisciplinaryhospitalteamsforreview and
managementof abuse andneglectcases;andpreparedamanual on legal procedures.
Legal AssistanceBureau, Legal Intern (1974-1976) Researchedandwrote legal memorandaon
rightsof studentswithdisabilitiesbasedonexistingcase law andnewlyauthorizedspecial
educationlaw.
ChicagoPublicSchools (1970-1972; 1972-1975) Special EducationTeacher; SubstituteTeacher

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CONSULTATION
PublicConsultingGroup: Ongoingconsultationandpreparationof materialsonIDEA Reauthorization
and special educationpolicyforPCG,whichspecializesinMedicaidcostrecoveryandelectronic
special educationrecords.(2003-present)
Council ofthe Great City Schools: Developmentof KeyPerformance Indicatorsforspecial education
(2013-14)
ComprehensiveReview of Special EducationPolicies,Procedures& Practices
WithCouncil of the Great City Schools
 MemphisPublicSchools(2015-16)
 Anchorage,AKPublicSchools(2015)
 DesMoines, IA PublicSchools(2015)
 Buffalo,NYPublicSchools(2014)
 Cincinnati PublicSchools(2013)
 ChicagoPublicSchools(2011 & 2012)
 St. Paul PublicSchools(2011)
 Providence PublicSchools(2011)
 AustinPublicSchools(2010)
 The School Districtof Philadelphia(2009, 2011)
 BostonPublicSchools(2009)
 NYC PublicSchools,District75(2007-2008)
 Rochester(NY) PublicSchools(2008)
 Milwaukee PublicSchools –withfocusonalternative schools(2007)
 CharlestonPublicSchools,SC(2005)
 GuilfordCountyPublicSchools,N.C.(2003)
 RichmondPublicSchools,VG.(2003)
 St. LouisPublicSchools,MO(2003)
 Districtof ColumbiaPublicSchools(1998)
WithUrbanSpecial EducationLeadership Collaborative
 Lake Washington,WA PublicSchools(2015-16)
 DeKalbPublicSchools(2014-15)
 Greenville PublicSchools,SC(2013-14)
 KentPublicSchools,WA (2013)
 ComptonPublicSchools,CA (2013)
 Tacoma PublicSchools,WA (2012)
 WestAurora School District,IL(2011)
 CommunityUnitSchool District300, IL (2011)
 WilliamsonCountySchoolDistrict,TN (2011)
 CommunityUnitSchool District(2010)
 AtlantaPublicSchools(2010)
 YonkersPublicSchools(2008)
 Hartford PublicSchools(2007)
 Baltimore CityPublicSchools(2005)
WithPublicConsultingGroup
 Newark,NJ PublicSchools(2013)
 Baltimore CountyPublicSchools,MD(2013)

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 Bellevue,WA PublicSchools (2013)
 Scottsdale,AZPublicSchools(2012)
 ArlingtonVGPublicSchools(2011-12)
WithCambiumLearning& VallasGroup
 IndianapolisPublicSchools(2012)
WithVallas Group
 NorthChicago School District,IL (2013)
WithDr. Tom Hehir: NewYork CityDepartmentof Education(2005)
WithCambiumLearning:WaukeganPublicSchools,IL(2007)
WithPrice-Baugh& Assoc.,LLP, RichardsonIndependentSchool District. (2005)
Independent:
 ElginUnifiedSchool District46,IL (2014)
 Darien,CT PublicSchools –Special Investigator(2013)
 Milwaukee PublicSchools,WI(2013)
 ChicagoPublicSchools – due processmanagement(2010)
 Fairfax CountySchools(2008)
 NewOrleansRecoverySchool District(SuperintendentPaul Vallas TransitionTeam–2007)
 St. LouisPublicSchools (SuperintendentCraigWilliams TransitionTeam–2005)
 St. Paul PublicSchools(2005)
 School Districtof Philadelphia(SuperintendentPaul Vallas TransitionTeam–2003, 2004-2008)
Drafted ComprehensiveManuals(Special Education&/orResponseto Intervention)
 AtlantaPublicSchools(2012)
 NewYork City Departmentof Education (2011) – Response toIntervention
 ElginUnifiedSchool District(2011)
 DetroitPublicSchools(2011) withPublicConsultingGroup;also, providedmanual trainingtoall
special educationadministratorsandspecial educationteachers/relatedservicespersonnel;and
six one-page informational sheetsforparents.
 BostonPublicSchools(2011)
 ChicagoPublicSchools(2010)
 San DiegoPublicSchools (2009)
 NewOrleansRecoverySchool District(2008)
 Hartford PublicSchools(2007)
 School Districtof Philadelphia2007)
ConsultationFocusedonSpecial EducationPolicies,Procedures& Instruction (unless otherwise noted)
 Hawaii Department ofEducation(2012). Through the WestEdorganization,consultation
focusedonthe establishmentof separate SEA andLEA functionswithinaunitarySEA/LEA
system.
 Recovery School District (NewOrleans,LA) (2007-2011). ConsultationincludedResponse to
Instruction&Interventionandall areasof special educationindirectrunandcharterschools.
 Los Angeles UnifiedSchool District – IndependentCourt Monitor. Analysisof charterschool and
magnetschool policiesand practicesandtheirimpactonstudentswithdisabilities(2009,2011)
 Evanston/SkokieSchool District#65, IL. Due processcase analysisandfeedback;facilitationof
strategicplanninggrouptoimprove special education(2009)

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 The School Districtof Philadelphia.Ongoingconsultationtooffice of specializedservicesandto
fourhighschools. (2003-6)
 New York CityDepartment of Education.Managementandcoordinationof relatedservices
(2009)
 Waukegan(IL) PublicSchools. New approachto addressspecial educationandrelatedservices
staff allocations; Review andpropose activitiestoaddresshighschool youthearningpoor
grades;and IDEA discipline. (2005-2006)
 IllinoisNetworkof Charter Schools(INCS). Special educationfundingformula;(2005)
 Los Angeles CountySchool District. Special educationandLREissues(1999-2001)
 The LINKSCenter: LeadingInnovationsforNeighborhoods,Kids,andSchools,AnNIMH
DevelopingCenter for Research on the Mental Health of ChildreninPoverty, Co-Director,
CommunityStakeholder'sAdvisoryBoard(2009-present)
ConsultationFocusedonDisproportionalityinSpecial Education
 Oak Park, IL School District. Review of dataregardingdisproportionalityinthe areaof special
education&presentationtoboardof education.(2009)
 LouisianaDepartment ofEducation. Reviewed25states’practicesinmonitoringspecial
educationdisproportionalityandpreparedreportof findingsandanalysis,preparationof
monitoringprotocol fordisproportionaterepresentationinspecial education&on-site
monitoringreviewof school district;monitoringof BossierCity,LA.(2008, 2009)
 NevadaDepartment ofEducation. Consultationonstate systemforaddressing
disproportionalityof minoritystudentsreceivingspecial educationservices(2004,2007)
 Evanston/SkokieSchool District#65. Data analysis,protocol forself-evaluationanddrafted
reportfor state review.(2009)
 Lakewood PublicSchools,NJ: Providedexpertreview andfeedbackre:state findingson
preschool special educationdisproportionalitythatresultedinstate’srevocationof findings.
(2006-7)
 Rhode IslandDepartment of Education: Addressedthe disproportionalityof minoritystudents
inspecial educationwithPublicConsultingGroup(2005)
 The School Districtof Philadelphia. Dataanalysisandconsultation. (2004)
 New York CityDepartment of Education: management/coordinationof relatedservices(2009)
 Waukegan(IL) PublicSchools: new approach to addressspecial educationandrelatedservices
staff allocations; Review andpropose activitiestoaddresshighschool youthearningpoor
grades;and IDEA discipline. (2005-2006)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATIONS
Council ofAdministratorsofSpecial Education, Summaryof 40 special educationreviews (from26
states),focusingonEnglishlanguage learnerswithdisabilities(2015)
Council ofthe Great City Schools,Summaryof 19 Council special education reviews(from15
states),focusingonEnglishlanguage learnerswithdisabilities(2015)
IllinoisAllianceofAdministratorsofSpecial Education,DOJ/OCR’sDearColleague LetterRe:

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NondiscriminatoryDiscipline- Whatwas NOT SharedaboutStudentswithDisabilities! (2014)
MinorityStudent AchievementNetwork Mini-Conference, SpecialEducationDisproportionality:
What We Know& What We NeedToDo (2013)
IllinoisAllianceofAdministratorsofSpecial Education, Are youSection504/ADA OCR Ready?
(2013)
PublicConsultingGroup, ImplementingCommonCore State StandardswithinaFrameworkof
Multi-TieredSystemof Supports(2013)
Universityof PennsylvaniaCollegeofLaw, Race, Education& the Law (2012)
American Bar Association, AmericanswithDisabilitiesActWebinar(2012)
AssociationofCaliforniaSchool Administrators: CurrentPublicPolicy &Legal IssuesInvolving
Special EducationRacial/EthnicDisproportionality(2012)
LouisianaDepartment ofEducation, IDEA & Section 504 Discipline procedures& training webinaron
departmentwebsite(2011)
Council ofGreat CitySchools, Bilingual Education Conference (2010)
Council forExceptional Children. Synopsisof Federal Policy&Guidance:
Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality&Multi-Tiered Interventions(RTI) (2010, 2011)
Council forExceptional Children. The PerfectStorm – disproportionality,RtI,ADA (2010)
ChicagoPublicSchools, Responseto Intervention process(citywide- clinicians) (2010)
Oak Park School District, Presentation on disproportionality to Board of Education (2010)
Leadershipfor Equity andExcellence Forum. Addressing InappropriateIdentification in
Racial/Ethnic SpecialEducation Disproportionality, Phoenix,AZ.(2009, 2011)
Long IslandAdministratorsofSpecial Education. Special educationcase law andimpacton
instructionandschools(2009)
QuincyIL PublicSchools. Special educationdisproportionalityseminars(2008)
Tennessee Special EducationConference. Special educationdisproportionalityseminars(2008)
IllinoisAllianceofSpecial EducationAdministrators. Top5 Universal Special EducationSystem
Issues& Practical RecommendationsforImprovementandAvoidingthe PerfectStorm:ADA,RTIand
disproportionality (2009)
VirginiaCouncil ofAdministratorsofSpecial Education. Workshoponaddressingspecialeducation
disproportionality.(2008)
Jacksonville,IL.PublicSchools. Special educationdisproportionalityseminars. (2008)
Testimonybefore the U.S.Senate HELP Committee re:ADA Amendmentsandimpacton
elementary&secondaryschools(2008)
Pearson Learning: Addressingspecialeducationdisproportionality,NorthCarolina,Tennessee
(2007)
AssociationofCaliforniaSchool Administrators: How toDetermine if Racial DisproportionalityIn
Special EducationisBasedonPolicy,ProceduresorPractices(2007)
Texas Council ofAdministratorsofSpecial Education: AddressingRacial Disproportionalityinthe
Areaof Special Education Services (2007)
Equity Forum& NCCRESt: Forumto Address Disproportionality (2005-2008, 2011)

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ConceptCharter Schools: AddressingSpecial EducationServicesinCharterSchools (2007)
Maywood-MelrosePark-BroadviewSchool District: How New Federal MonitoringRequirements
Impact Special EducationPolicies,ProceduresandPracticesinthe Areaof Disproportionality(2006)
Special EducationJointAgreement: RelationshipbetweenDisproportionalityinthe Areaof Special
Educationand Policy,Procedure andPractice (2006)
9th
, 13th
, 26th,
28th
National InstitutesonLegal Issuesof EducatingIndividualswithDisabilities
Note: 27th
Institute: The NewFace of Racial/EthnicDisproportionality: How toIdentifyand
Addressthe Problem
IllinoisStateBoard of Education’sAnnual Directors’Conference: Bilingual Special Educationpolicy
and compliance issues(2005, 2007, 2009)
SouthwestCook CountySpecial EducationCooperative: Addressingdisproportionate
representationof minoritystudentswithdisabilitiesreceivingspecial educationservicesandin
restrictive educational settings(2005)
WashingtonStateSpecial EducationAdministrators: Disproportionalityof MinorityStudents
receivingSpecialEducationServicesandEducatedinRestrictiveEducationalSettings(2005)
IllinoisAllianceofAdministratorsofSpecial Education: Statuson IDEA Reauthorization(2004)
MinoritiesandDisproportionality;RTI&PerfectStorm (2005)
Council ofAdministratorsofSpecial Education(CASE): UsingData to AddressDisproportionality;
the RTI & the PerfectStorm(2005)
UrbanSpecial EducationLeadership Collaborative: IDEA reauthorization(2005)
CharlestonCountySchool District: Status onIDEA Reauthorization DataDecision-Makingwith
Focuson Disproportionality (2005)
National LawConference: Bostonand San Francisco(2005, 2006)
Council of Great City Schools on Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (2002)
Accountability Task Force, President’s Commission on Excellence in Special Education (2002)
American Youth Policy Forum, Special Education Personnel Shortages (Washington, D.C., 2002)
National Summit on School-Based CHIP Outreach (Washington, D.C., 1999)
Council of Great City Schools on CPS’ Health Services Management and Medicaid Cost Recovery
(Ohio, 1999)
Council ofSpecial Education Administrators onCPS’EducationConnection program (Arizona, 1999)
Testimony before U.S. Senate Committee on Finance regarding School-based Health Services and
Medicaid (1999)
Testimony before Illinois House of Representatives Committees on Elementary & Secondary
Education and Finance regarding Corey H settlement (1999)
Council for Exceptional Children Convention, Corey H Implications (1999)
Council for Great City Schools, San Francisco: Accountability in Special Education (1998)
Urban Collaboration on Special Education (1996, 1997, 1998)
The Fourth and Fifth Annual Utah Institute on Special Education Law and Practice, (1992, 1994)
National Law Conference: Boston and San Francisco (1993)

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National Association for School Transportation, (1993)
New Jersey State Department of Education Conference, (1993)
9th
/13th National Institutes on Legal Issues of Educating Individuals with Disabilities (1988, 1992)
PUBLICATIONS
OnlineGuideto RTI-Based LD IdentificationToolkit (secondaryauthor) and CautionsWhenUsing
an RTI-Based SLD IdentificationProcess (primaryauthor) publishedbythe National Center for
LearningDisabilities(2014)
CommonCore State StandardsandDiverse UrbanSchool Students: UsingMulti-tieredSystemsof
Support, Council of the Great CitySchools(2012)
DisproportionalityinSpecial Education:IdentifyingWhereandWhyOveridentificationofStudents
Occurs. LRP Publications(2010)
Crackingthe Code: IDEA andNCLB Alternate Assessment RulesMade Simple. LRP Publications
(2008)
DisproportionalityinSpecial Education: IdentifyingWhereandWhyOveridentificationof
MinorityStudents Occurs. LRP Publications(2007)
Development ofthe ChicagoPublicSchool’sADHD PolicyManual: From CommunitytoUniversity
and Back withMarc S. Atkins,JenniferWatling-Neal Universityof IllinoisatChicago,JoanLetendre,
Universityof Connecticut,inS.Evans,Z.Serpell,&M. Weist(Eds.), Advances in School-Based
MentalHealth, Volume2. Kingston,NJ:CivicResearchInstitute,Inc.(2007)
WhenOCR Comes Calling:AnInsider’sGuideto HandlingDisabilityComplaintInvestigationsand
ComplianceReviews (LRP Publications,2005)
Lookingfor Answers in All the Right Places: Urbanschoolsanduniversitiessolve the dilemmaof
teacher preparation together, withElizabethKozleski,Universityof ColoradoatDenverandBarbara
Radner,DePaul University. Journalof SpecialEducation Leadership:SpecialIssueon Critical Issuesin
Urban SpecialEducation. Vol.16, Number1 (2004)
Strategies for the Preventionof YouthViolence inChicagoPublicSchools withCarl C. Bell,inSchool
Violence,Assessment,Management,Prevention (2003)
Special Education:From Legalismto Collaboration, coauthoredwithTomHehir,inLaw and School
Reform: Six StrategiesforPromotingEducationalEquity,publishedbyYale UniversityPress.(2001)
Anatomyof a District/StateLRE ClassActionLawsuit, Urban Perspectives,UrbanSpecial Education
LeadershipCollaborative,Spring1999, Number1, Volume 5(1999)
EXPERT TESTIMONY & COURT RELATED
M.H. v. Mt. VernonCity School Dist. (NY) et. al. – Expertwitnessonsystemicspecialeducation
case.(2014-15)
P.B. v Pastorek/White– Consultationonspecial educationclassactioninvolvingNew Orleans’
RecoverySchool District,includingfocusoncharterschools(2010-2011, 2013)
Johnsonv Board ofEducationCCUSD4 – Expertwitnessonspecial educationracial/ethnic
disproportionalityinthe Champaign,IL.Case terminatedbasedonreview andrecommendations.
(2009)
McFaddenet. al.v. Elgin,IL School District U-46 – Review of bilingualspecialeducationdocuments.

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(2008, 2009)
Senate Health EducationLabor & PensionCommittee:Panel onthe potential impactof proposed
AmericanswithDisabilitiesActamendmentonschool districts.(2008)
U.S. Supreme CourtAmicusCuriae Briefs forthe Council of GreatCitySchoolsinSupportof
Plaintiffsin Board of Education of theCity SchoolDistrict of theCity of New York v Tom F.,On Behalf
of Gilbert F., A Minor Child [special educationplacement] andin ForestGroveSchoolDistrict v TA
(2007, 2009)
OklahomaOfficeofJuvenile Affairs: United Statesof America v State of OK
ExpertwitnessforOffice of Juvenile Affairsre:special educational servicesatajuvenile correctional
facility.(2007, 2008)
IllinoisStateBoard of Education: Consultationonstate’ssystemformonitoringthe ChicagoPublic
Schoolsonleastrestrictive environmentinassociationwithitsrole inimplementingthe termsof the
Corey H v ISBE settlementagreement(2006-2009)
Los Angeles UnifiedSchool District:Chandra Smith v LAUSD
Memberof advisorygroupforthe IndependentMonitorinclassactionspecial educationconsent
decree (2004 – 2007, 2011)
New York CityDepartment of Education: D.D.,et.al.v.New York CityBoardof Education,et.al.,
expertwitnessconsultationinclassactionlaw suitre:earlychildhoodservices.(2004-2005)
DC PublicSchools:–Expertfor Defendants, Blackman v District of Columbia,et.al., Civil ActionNo.
97-1629 (PLF) Consolidatedwith CivilActionNo.97-2402 (PLF) (special educationpolicies,
proceduresandpracticesresultedinsettlement)(2006)
BaltimoreCity Schools: Expertfor Defendants, Vaughn G.,etal. v. Mayorand City Councilof
Baltimore,et al.,Civil ActionNo.MJG-84-1911 (2005)
President’sCommissiononExcellencein Special Education: AccountabilitySystemsTaskForce
(2002)
Testimonybefore U.S. Senate Committee onFinance regardingSchool-basedHealthServicesand
Medicaid(1999)