Links

Concerned citizens and education community watch dogs:

EducationNews.Org, excellent source for education news

Peyton Wolcott, interesting site, beware though, her site is very poorly laid out and almost impossible to read.

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

The FAPE Site

LDadvocates.com

ADAPT

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

Bridges4Kids

SchoolMatters

The International Dyslexia Association

LD Online

Richard Lavoie

Schwab Learning Organization

National Center for Learning Disabilities

Galveston Alliance for Neighborhood Schools

Texas Zero Tolerance

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


Privacy and Confidentiality of student records:

Electronic Privacy Information Center


Government Agencies:

US Department of Education

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

United States Access Board

Texas Education Agency (TEA)

Texas Attorney General

Texas State Records Retention Schedule

Architectural Barriers Texas Accessibility Standards (TAS)

State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC)


Legal_Self_Representation ยท Legal Self Representation / Pro Se (Yahoo! Group)
(HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!)

IDEA 2004 News, Information and Resources

Code of Federal Regulations

Texas Statutes

Texas Administrative Code

REDRESS, INC.

law.com Legal Dictionary

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation

Legal Information Institute (LII)

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

Welcome to the National Center for State Courts

Legal Research in a Nutshell

How to File a Discrimination Complaint with the Office for Civil Rights

Texas Appleseed

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


Education Topics:

Mathematically Correct

Parents Against Bad Books In Schools