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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 617601" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Advocates are FREE. You just need to call the State Dept. of Public Education, ask for the Special Needs Advocate, and he or she will give you the name and number of YOUR advocate. I've used advocates all along and never paid a dime and my understanding is that they are available in every state. The school district won't tell you they exist. They don't like them because they know the laws and when the schools are trying to pull a fast one. We always got everything we asked for, but I don't think that would have happened without our advocate. She met with me alone and then we'd go to every meeting together and her presence changed the atmosphere and kept the school district folks honest. </p><p>The school districts get their money from the Dept. of Public Education and they can be investigated by the Dept. of PE too if an advocate wants to report them for not cooperating. No school district wants to be punished with less funding or to be investigated. They behave in front of an advocate. </p><p>If necessary, an advocate will take a school district to court on their dime, not yours. My advocate had won a few cases (not mine...we never had to go to court). None of this costs you anything.</p><p>The service is there if you just utilize it. Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 617601, member: 1550"] Advocates are FREE. You just need to call the State Dept. of Public Education, ask for the Special Needs Advocate, and he or she will give you the name and number of YOUR advocate. I've used advocates all along and never paid a dime and my understanding is that they are available in every state. The school district won't tell you they exist. They don't like them because they know the laws and when the schools are trying to pull a fast one. We always got everything we asked for, but I don't think that would have happened without our advocate. She met with me alone and then we'd go to every meeting together and her presence changed the atmosphere and kept the school district folks honest. The school districts get their money from the Dept. of Public Education and they can be investigated by the Dept. of PE too if an advocate wants to report them for not cooperating. No school district wants to be punished with less funding or to be investigated. They behave in front of an advocate. If necessary, an advocate will take a school district to court on their dime, not yours. My advocate had won a few cases (not mine...we never had to go to court). None of this costs you anything. The service is there if you just utilize it. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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