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DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist

Butler, DeKalb County, Indiana
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👨‍🎓 1,241 students 📋 238 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (260)868-2125
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist 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: (260)868-2125.

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 Indiana

Indiana Department of Education — Special-Education Dispute Resolution
File a state complaint (IDEA), request mediation, or a due-process hearing

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.

Indiana Disability Rights
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 317-722-5555 · 🔗 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 DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist 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 DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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The Star
Local newspaper
10 mi
· 🔍 find “The Star” online
The Bryan Times
Local newspaper
16 mi
· 🔍 find “The Bryan Times” online
The Herald Republican
Local newspaper
17 mi
· 🔍 find “The Herald Republican” online
The News Sun
Local newspaper
20 mi
· 🔍 find “The News Sun” online
The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne)
Daily newspaper
28 mi
· 🔗 site
The Crescent-News
Local newspaper
28 mi
· 🔍 find “The Crescent-News” online
WANE-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
28 mi
· 🔗 site
WPTA (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
28 mi
· 🔗 site
WISE-TV (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
28 mi
· 🔗 site
WFWA (PBS)
PBS — TV
28 mi
· 🔗 site
WFFT-TV (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
28 mi
· 🔗 site
The Journal Gazette
Local newspaper
28 mi
· 🔍 find “The Journal Gazette” online
The Daily Reporter
Local newspaper
35 mi
· 🔍 find “The Daily Reporter” online
Hillsdale Daily News
Local newspaper
36 mi
· 🔍 find “Hillsdale Daily News” online
The Post & Mail
Local newspaper
37 mi
· 🔍 find “The Post & Mail” online
Sturgis Journal
Local newspaper
39 mi
· 🔍 find “Sturgis Journal” online
Morenci Observer
Local newspaper
40 mi
· 🔍 find “Morenci Observer” online
Hudson Post-Gazette
Local newspaper
40 mi
· 🔍 find “Hudson Post-Gazette” online
Decatur Daily Democrat
Local newspaper
42 mi
· 🔍 find “Decatur Daily Democrat” online
Homer Index
Local newspaper
49 mi
· 🔍 find “Homer Index” online
Bluffton News Banner
Local newspaper
50 mi
· 🔍 find “Bluffton News Banner” online
Goshen News
Local newspaper
51 mi
· 🔍 find “Goshen News” online
The Daily Telegram
Local newspaper
53 mi
· 🔍 find “The Daily Telegram” online
Three Rivers Commercial-News
Local newspaper
54 mi
· 🔍 find “Three Rivers Commercial-News” online
Blissfield Advance
Local newspaper
58 mi
· 🔍 find “Blissfield Advance” online
Ad-visor & Chronicle
Local newspaper
58 mi
· 🔍 find “Ad-visor & Chronicle” online
Climax Crescent
Local newspaper
60 mi
· 🔍 find “Climax Crescent” online
The Elkhart Truth
Local newspaper
60 mi
· 🔍 find “The Elkhart Truth” online
Tecumseh Herald
Local newspaper
61 mi
· 🔍 find “Tecumseh Herald” online
WLIO (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
61 mi
· 🔗 site
The Lima News
Local newspaper
61 mi
· 🔍 find “The Lima News” online
Battle Creek Enquirer
Local newspaper
62 mi
· 🔍 find “Battle Creek Enquirer” online
Jackson Citizen Patriot
Local newspaper
62 mi
· 🔍 find “Jackson Citizen Patriot” online
The Sentinel-Tribune
Local newspaper
63 mi
· 🔍 find “The Sentinel-Tribune” online
South County News
Local newspaper
63 mi
· 🔍 find “South County News” online
Clinton Local
Local newspaper
65 mi
· 🔍 find “Clinton Local” online
Edwardsburg Argus
Local newspaper
65 mi
· 🔍 find “Edwardsburg Argus” online
Manchester Enterprise
Local newspaper
66 mi
· 🔍 find “Manchester Enterprise” online
Springport Signal
Local newspaper
66 mi
· 🔍 find “Springport Signal” online
Cassopolis Vigilant
Local newspaper
66 mi
· 🔍 find “Cassopolis Vigilant” online

🏛️ Officials for DeKalb County

Indiana Department of Education
State education agency — special-education oversight · IN
· 🔍 find “Indiana Department of Education” online
Office of the Governor of Indiana Eric Holcomb
Governor · IN
· 🔗 site
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