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Cobb County

Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia
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👨‍🎓 105,738 students 📋 14,320 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (770)426-3300
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If Cobb County isn't giving your child the services they're legally owed, you have a clear, federally-protected path. Under IDEA these steps are the same everywhere — work them in order and put everything in writing.

Step 1

Request an IEP meeting — in writing

Email your child's case manager and the district's Director of Exceptional/Special Education. State the problem and the services you're requesting, and ask for a formal IEP-team meeting. Keep a copy of everything. District office: (770)426-3300.

Step 2

File a state complaint

If the district violated an IDEA rule in the last year, file a signed written complaint with your state's special-education dispute-resolution office (below). The state must investigate and issue a decision — usually within 60 days.

Step 3

Ask for mediation

Request free, voluntary mediation through the state — a neutral, trained mediator helps you and the district reach a written agreement. It's faster and less adversarial than a hearing.

Step 4

File for a due-process hearing

For serious disputes over identification, evaluation, placement, or FAPE, file for a due-process hearing — a formal legal proceeding. Consider getting an advocate or attorney first (see Protection & Advocacy below).

⚖️ Where to file & get free help in Georgia

Georgia Department of Education — Special-Education Dispute Resolution
File a state complaint (IDEA), request mediation, or a due-process hearing
· 🔗 visit site

File a written state complaint within 1 year of the violation, request free mediation, or file for a due-process hearing. Start here if the district is out of compliance.

Georgia Advocacy Office
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 404-885-1234 · 🔗 visit site

Your state's federally-funded disability rights agency. Free information, advice, and sometimes legal representation for IEP and special-education disputes.

📚 Know-your-rights resources

Your legal footing: Under IDEA every eligible child is entitled to a free appropriate public education (FAPE) and an IEP built to their needs. Section 504/ADA also bar disability discrimination.

• Parent Training & Information Center (PTI): free coaching for your state — find your center »

• CADRE (national dispute-resolution center): cadreworks.org »

• U.S. Dept. of Education OSEP (administers IDEA) & Office for Civil Rights for 504/ADA complaints.

Tip: bring a written list of requests to every meeting, ask for the district's response in writing, and never sign an IEP you don't agree with — you can consent to parts and dispute the rest.

💪 Not just your child? Use strength in numbers.

If other Cobb County families are hitting the same wall, it's a district problem — and numbers change the outcome. Send this page to your social-media contacts and Facebook parent groups, and ask other parents at drop-off and pickup: is this happening to you too? Gather the stories here so the pattern is documented. Once you can prove a bigger issue: wear matching-color shirts for solidarity, protest peacefully, pack school-board meetings, reach out to government officials, give interviews, and send press releases to the local newsrooms below to bring the media in.

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📣 Take action for Cobb County

Systemic problems get fixed when they become public. Below is local press near this district and the officials responsible for Cobb County.

📰 Local newsrooms

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Daily newspaper
16 mi
· 🔗 site
WSB-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
18 mi
· 🔗 site
WAGA-TV (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
18 mi
· 🔗 site
WGTV (PBS)
PBS — TV
18 mi
· 🔗 site
WXIA-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
18 mi
· 🔗 site
WPCH-TV (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
18 mi
· 🔗 site
WUVG-DT (UNIVISION)
UNIVISION affiliate — TV
18 mi
· 🔗 site
WANF (Independent)
Independent — TV
18 mi
· 🔗 site
WUPA (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
18 mi
· 🔗 site
Atlanta Daily World
Local newspaper
18 mi
· 🔍 find “Atlanta Daily World” online
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Local newspaper
18 mi
· 🔍 find “Atlanta Journal-Constitution” online
Daily Tribune News
Local newspaper
24 mi
· 🔍 find “Daily Tribune News” online
Clayton News
Local newspaper
30 mi
· 🔍 find “Clayton News” online
Gwinnett Daily Post
Local newspaper
33 mi
· 🔍 find “Gwinnett Daily Post” online
Rockdale-Newton Citizen
Local newspaper
34 mi
· 🔍 find “Rockdale-Newton Citizen” online
Times-Georgian
Local newspaper
40 mi
· 🔍 find “Times-Georgian” online
Dawson County News
Local newspaper
40 mi
· 🔍 find “Dawson County News” online
Henry Herald
Local newspaper
40 mi
· 🔍 find “Henry Herald” online
Rome News-Tribune
Local newspaper
41 mi
· 🔍 find “Rome News-Tribune” online
Calhoun Times
Local newspaper
45 mi
· 🔍 find “Calhoun Times” online
Covington News
Local newspaper
47 mi
· 🔍 find “Covington News” online
Times-Courier
Local newspaper
51 mi
· 🔍 find “Times-Courier” online
The Dahlonega Nugget
Local newspaper
52 mi
· 🔍 find “The Dahlonega Nugget” online
Jackson Progress-Argus
Local newspaper
56 mi
· 🔍 find “Jackson Progress-Argus” online
Jackson Herald
Local newspaper
57 mi
· 🔍 find “Jackson Herald” online
Cherokee County Herald
Local newspaper
62 mi
· 🔍 find “Cherokee County Herald” online
Daily Citizen
Local newspaper
63 mi
· 🔍 find “Daily Citizen” online
White County News
Local newspaper
63 mi
· 🔍 find “White County News” online
Piedmont Journal
Local newspaper
64 mi
· 🔍 find “Piedmont Journal” online
Monticello News
Local newspaper
64 mi
· 🔍 find “Monticello News” online
Cleburne News
Local newspaper
64 mi
· 🔍 find “Cleburne News” online
Fannin Sentinel
Local newspaper
64 mi
· 🔍 find “Fannin Sentinel” online
Barnesville Herald-Gazette
Local newspaper
66 mi
· 🔍 find “Barnesville Herald-Gazette” online
Athens Banner-Herald
Local newspaper
67 mi
· 🔍 find “Athens Banner-Herald” online
Northeast Georgian
Local newspaper
70 mi
· 🔍 find “Northeast Georgian” online
Jacksonville News
Local newspaper
71 mi
· 🔍 find “Jacksonville News” online
North Georgia News
Local newspaper
72 mi
· 🔍 find “North Georgia News” online
Dekalb Advertiser
Local newspaper
75 mi
· 🔍 find “Dekalb Advertiser” online
Times-Journal
Local newspaper
75 mi
· 🔍 find “Times-Journal” online
Catoosa County News
Local newspaper
76 mi
· 🔍 find “Catoosa County News” online

🏛️ Officials for Cobb County

Georgia Department of Education
State education agency — special-education oversight · GA
· 🔗 site
Office of the Governor of Georgia Brian Kemp
Governor · GA
· 🔍 find “Office of the Governor of Georgia” online
U.S. Dept. of Education — Office for Civil Rights
Disability discrimination complaints (504/ADA) · National
✉️ OCR@ed.gov · ☎️ 1-800-421-3481 · 🔗 site
U.S. Dept. of Education — OSEP
Federal special-education oversight (IDEA) · National
✉️ OSEP@ed.gov · ☎️ 1-800-872-5327 · 🔗 site