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“I can assure you there
is no more powerful advocate for children than a parent armed
with information and options.”
Rod
Paige
U.S. Secretary of Education
[Learning
Differences] [School Performance]
[Legal Accountability Resources][School
Finance] [Grassroots Organizations]
Helping parents make public schools accountable.
Focusing on accountability
first
because this is
how we take back our children's education:
one person, one question, one school at a time.
PEYTON
WOLCOTT
Different Learners
Special Needs
[Lovejoy LD Resource][Section
504]
[Local Advocate Resources][No
Child Left Behind]
[LD Resources][LD
Schools]
Lovejoy
Learning Differences Support Forum
"You're aware the boy failed my grade school math class,
I take it? And not that many years later he's teaching college.
Now I ask you: Is that the sorriest indictment of the American
educational system you ever heard? No aptitude at all for long
division, but never mind. It's him they ask to split the atom.
How he talked his way into the Nobel prize is beyond me. But then,
I suppose it's like the man says, "It's not what you know..."
"
Karl Arbeiter: former teacher of Albert Einstein
Public School Requirements :
http://www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/articles/504_IDEA_Rosenfeld.html
Evaluation Requirements
Paralleling IDEA, Section 504 has specific procedural requirements for the identification, evaluation, placement and procedural safeguards of preschool, elementary and secondary students.
Child Find
Section 504 puts the responsibility for identifying and locating students with disabilities on the school. A school must annually undertake efforts to "identify and locate" every qualified individual with a disability residing in the school's jurisdiction who is not receiving a public education. |
Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA)
Notice
of Procedural Safeguards
Rights of Parents of Students with Disabilities
What Is This Document?
This document gives you as a parent of a child with a disability,
a description of your legal rights, or procedural safeguards,
under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA). The document explains your specific rights related to
certain activities or areas that impact your child.
Action
Kit: Discrimination in Special Education
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) guarantees
all students "free and appropriate" public education
(FAPE). IDEA protects the rights of children with disabilities,
including: mental retardation; speech or language impairments;
serious emotional disturbance; autism; specific learning disabilities
and other health impairments.
Collin
County Coop
To determine what services Lovejoy provides to its special needs
students contact the Collin County Coop in Wylie.
What is Section 504?
If you have a child who does not qualify for special education
but has a mental or physical impairment which substantially limits
one or more major life activities, including learning, that child
may qualify for special help in a regular classroom setting under
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Section 504 learning
concerns and accommodations checklist Advocating
for your ADHD or 504 child
504
Handbook
Local Advocate Resources
Office
for Civil Rights - Dallas Office
Dallas Office
Office for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Education
1999 Bryan Street, Suite 2600
Dallas, Texas 75201-6810
Telephone: 214-661-9600
FAX: 214-661-9587; TDD: 877-521-2172
Email: OCR.Dallas@ed.gov
The
Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces several Federal civil rights
laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or activities that
receive Federal financial assistance from the Department of Education
(ED).
This office enforces the rights of special needs children.
How
to file a complaint
TEA
Special Needs
IDEA
Practices
PATH Project - Regional
Director of Education Regions 8 & 10
Partners Resource Network, Inc. 1-800-866-4726
Empowering Texas parents of children and youth with disabilities
in their roles as parents, decision makers, and advocates for
their children.
No Child Left Behind
U.S.
Department of Education
No
Child Left Behind Overview
TEA
No Child Left Behind Program Coordination
Accountability
Legislation,
Regulations and Guidelines
Texas
Budget Fact Sheet
LD Resources
Allen Special Olympics 972-396-6924
Baylor Pediatric Specialty Services
Speech Therapy, Physical Therapy and more. In Allen TX.
972-238-5770
Creative
Learning for Kids
provides a comprehensive in-home tutorial service for students
of all academic abilities and for all subject areas.
972-781-2783
The Dallas Association for Parent Education
214-699-7742
Down
Syndrome Partnership of Tarrant County 817-561-0562
Down
Syndrome Guild of Dallas
Dyslexia - Parents
key to improving school dyslexia programs
ECI - Early Childhood Intervention 972-562-0331
Free County Assistance for infants -3 years old with special needs.
Families for Early Autism Treatment - North Texas
972-245-8722
Fight
for Kids
Learning
Difference Resources
Learning
Disability Association of America
Learning
Disability Association of Texas
National
Center for Learning Disabilities
National Institute
for Learning Disabilities
Texas
Guide to Resources on Learning Differences
Schwab
Learning
Spina Bifida Association of Dallas 972-238-8755
Vision
LD Schools
Fairhill
Lattner
Shelton
School
5002 West Lovers Lane
Dallas, TX 75209
214-352-0920
The
Winston School
5707 Royal Lane
Dallas, TX 75229
214-691-6950
The
Hillier School
Dallas, TX
214-559-5363
Preston Hollow
Dallas, TX
214-368-3886
Oakhill Academy
Dallas, TX
214-368-0664
Meadowview School
Mesquite, TX
972-289-1831
St. Anthony's
Carrollton, TX
972-245-4147
Dallas
Academy
Dallas, TX
214-324-1481
Star
Bright Academy
Plano, TX
972-517-6730
Vanguard
School
Dallas, TX
972-404-1616
Great
Lakes Academy
6000 Custer Rd., Building 7
Plano, TX 75023
972-517-7498
Newfound
School
2206 Heads Lane
Carrollton,TX 75006
214-390-1749
Schools
& Camps
The term "learning disability"
has appeal because it implies a specific neurological condition
for which no one can be held particularly responsible, and yet
it escapes the stigma of mental retardation. There is no implication
of neglect, emotional disturbance, or improper training or education,
nor does it imply a lack of motivation on the part of the child.
For these cosmetic reasons, it is a rather nice term to have around.
U. S. Government Study On The Labeling Of Children
Texas Public School
Performance Measurement
TEA
Adhoc Reporting
Texas
Comptroller
Texas
Comptroller on Education
How does LovejoyISD measure up?
Texas
School Performance Review (TSPR) Audit Guidelines
School Board and Administration
Powers & Duties
Academic
Excellence Indicator System (AEIS)
Lovejoy
ISD
Allen
ISD
Just
for Kids - Texas
How many children in Texas schools are mastering, not just passing
math and language arts?
Texas
Education Agency
Texas
Education Agency - Accountability
Texas
Education Agency Phone Numbers
State
Board of Educator Certification - Is your teacher certified?
The
Sixteen Criteria for the Ultimate K-12 Schools
TEA
Phone List
Curriculum
& What Works! Math
Legal Accountability
Resources
Texas Open Meetings Act
"The purpose of
the TOMA is to guarantee to the people of Texas that meetings
of governmental bodies are held in the open, not behind closed
doors. "
This website is devoted to the Texas Open Meetings Act - http://www.burger.com/omindex.htm
" It is written for the lay person, not attorneys."
"...it will be of use to individuals who are interested in
seeing that governmental decisions are made in the open, where
all those affected by them can see what is going on.
Sadly, there is a tendency for governmental officials to prefer
closed meetings to open ones. There is a tendency to meet in private,
rather than in public. There is a tendency to decide things informally,
and only "ratify" things in public.
The Texas Open Meetings Act is a powerful tool in the fight to
end these secretive tendencies. It is designed to give guidance
to public officials on how to conduct government business and
to be used as a sword by members of the public should those officials
try to ignore its commandants.
Texas has declared that government in this state--at all levels--is
open to the scrutiny of the public, and not reserved as a plaything
of officialdom. The Texas Open Meetings Act is designed to
insure that open government is the rule, not the exception, in
Texas. Use it well."
Other sites:
Texas
Open Meetings Act (TOMA)
Court
puts teeth into Open Meetings Law
Public Officers: Traps for the Unwary
Regulation
of Conflicts of Interest of Officers of Municipalities, Counties,
and Certain Other Local Governments.
Political Advertising in Connection with an Election
Legislative
Budget Board
Secretary
of State's Office
Attorney
General of Texas
Texas Education Code
Texas
Legislature Online
Texas
Ethics Commission
School
Finance and Laws - News
Common
Cause of Texas
Wrights
Law
TEA
Code of Ethics Complaint Form
School Finance
School
Finance Glossary
Texas Education Agency
AEIS report shows financial information, class size and makeup,
and performance.
TEA
Academic Excellence Indicator System
Grassroots Organizations
Working for Children & Taxpayers
Don't mess with Texas
children!
Affiliate of Americans
For Prosperity
(www.takebacktexasgovernment.com)
Education
News Grassroots Education Organizations ......
National
Association to Prevent Teacher Abuse - NAPTA
Peyton Wolcott -
Focusing on accountability first because this is how we take back
our children's education: one person, one question, one school
at a time.
Eanes
ISD
Meet
the Parents (Parent
Help Documents)
Special
Education Voters
Special
Education Law Blog
Educational
Organizations
Education
Intelligence Agency
American
Legislative Exchange Council Education Task Force
PTA
& Committee members need to guard against being manipulated.
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