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IRION COUNTY ISD

MERTZON, Irion County, Texas
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👨‍🎓 334 students 📋 41 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (325)835-6111
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If IRION COUNTY ISD 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: (325)835-6111.

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 Texas

Texas Education Agency — 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.

Disability Rights Texas
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 512-454-4816 · 🔗 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 IRION COUNTY ISD 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 IRION COUNTY ISD

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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KSAN-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
25 mi
· 🔗 site
KIDY (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
25 mi
· 🔗 site
KLST (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
25 mi
· 🔗 site
San Angelo Standard-Times
Local newspaper
25 mi
· 🔍 find “San Angelo Standard-Times” online
Eldorado Success
Local newspaper
30 mi
· 🔍 find “Eldorado Success” online
Big Lake Wildcat
Local newspaper
39 mi
· 🔍 find “Big Lake Wildcat” online
Miles Messenger
Local newspaper
45 mi
· 🔍 find “Miles Messenger” online
Ozona Stockman
Local newspaper
45 mi
· 🔍 find “Ozona Stockman” online
Devil's River News
Local newspaper
50 mi
· 🔍 find “Devil's River News” online
Runnels County Register
Local newspaper
61 mi
· 🔍 find “Runnels County Register” online
Menard News and Messenger
Local newspaper
66 mi
· 🔍 find “Menard News and Messenger” online
Big Spring Herald
Local newspaper
78 mi
· 🔍 find “Big Spring Herald” online
Colorado City Record
Local newspaper
79 mi
· 🔍 find “Colorado City Record” online
Junction Eagle
Local newspaper
84 mi
· 🔍 find “Junction Eagle” online
Sweetwater Reporter
Local newspaper
87 mi
· 🔍 find “Sweetwater Reporter” online
Brady Standard-Herald
Local newspaper
88 mi
· 🔍 find “Brady Standard-Herald” online
KMID (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
89 mi
· 🔗 site
KOSA-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
89 mi
· 🔗 site
KWES-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
89 mi
· 🔗 site
KPEJ-TV (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
89 mi
· 🔗 site
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Local newspaper
89 mi
· 🔍 find “Midland Reporter-Telegram” online
Coleman Chronicle
Local newspaper
91 mi
· 🔍 find “Coleman Chronicle” online
Odessa American
Local newspaper
100 mi
· 🔍 find “Odessa American” online

🏛️ Officials for Irion County

Office of the Governor of Texas Greg Abbott
Governor · TX
· 🔗 site
Texas Education Agency
State education agency — special-education oversight · TX
· 🔗 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