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Concerned citizens and education community watch dogs:
Overpaid Government Worker (A web site near and dear to Rocky)
EducationNews.Org, excellent source for education news
Keep Eanes Informed, great resource that helped motivate me to question the business affairs of the LTISD
Parent Advocates, parent resource
Wrightslaw, excellent legal rights resource for parents
Reed Martin , another excellent legal rights resource with many great publications available for parents
Cornucopia Of Disability Information
Learning Disabilities Association of America
Students 1st
The Regional Resource and Federal Centers (RRFC) Network
Federation for Children with Special Needs
The International Dyslexia Association
National Center for Learning Disabilities
Galveston Alliance for Neighborhood Schools
Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
Open Records Advocates:
Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, an excellent resource for information regarding the Texas Public Information Act
Fully Automated, Fill-in-the-Blanks State Open Records Law Request Letter Generator
Citizen Journalism
The Knight Citizen News Network
Privacy and Confidentiality of student records:
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Government Agencies:
US Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights
US Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs
US Department of Justice, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Homepage
Federal Communications Commission
Texas State Records Retention Schedule
Architectural Barriers Texas Accessibility Standards (TAS)
State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC)
Travis Central Appraisal District (find out about your taxes, your neighbor’s taxes and even how much tax Mayo owes)
Central Intelligence Agency: The World Factbook (Another very useful site to visualized the CIA data: kmlfactbook.org)
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Legal References/Resources:
Legal_Self_Representation · Legal Self Representation / Pro Se (Yahoo! Group) (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!)
IDEA 2004 News, Information and Resources
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation
Legal Information Institute (LII)
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Welcome to the National Center for State Courts
How to File a Discrimination Complaint with the Office for Civil Rights
The Anti-SLAPP Resource Center
About Autism Law (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!)
A Overview of Parent Rights in Special Education Law
Education and Politics:
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas
Texas Institute for Education Reform
Texas Public Policy Foundation
Texas Ethics Commission (find out about all those lobbyists like J. David Thompson III and who they represent)
TexasISD.com: The Homepage For Texas School Officials
Education Topics:
Parents Against Bad Books In Schools
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