District Schools: Independence School, The Academy for Life Long Learning, SPEED Early Learning Center, SPEED Program for Adaptive Learning. SPEED Special Education Joint Agreement District provides specialized services for students, consultation and professional learning opportunities to our fifteen (15) member school districts in the Chicago South Suburbs. Our programs are designed for students ages 0 to 21 who have special needs. As a legal public entity, SPEED is governed by an operating committee composed of school district superintendents, and a governing board of elected school board members representing each school district.