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ODE JDEP District

Salem, Marion County, Oregon
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👨‍🎓 129 students 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (503)508-8417
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If ODE JDEP District 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: (503)508-8417.

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 Oregon

Oregon 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.

Disability Rights Oregon
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 503-243-2081 · 🔗 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 ODE JDEP District 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 ODE JDEP District

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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Statesman Journal (Salem)
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Statesman Journal
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Capital Press
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Keizertimes
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Polk County Itemizer-Observer
Local newspaper
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Woodburn Independent
Local newspaper
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The News-Register
Local newspaper
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Albany Democrat-Herald
Local newspaper
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Molalla Pioneer
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The Newberg Graphic
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KOAC-TV (PBS)
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Corvallis Gazette-Times
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Canby Herald
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Lake Oswego Review
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Beaverton Valley Times
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Hillsboro Tribune
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KATU (ABC)
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KOIN (CBS)
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KGW (NBC)
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KPTV (FOX)
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KRCW-TV (CW)
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The Oregonian
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The New Era
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News-Times
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The Oregonian (Portland)
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The Outlook
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The Sandy Post
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The Columbian
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Headlight-Herald
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Lincoln County Leader
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KEZI (ABC)
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KVAL-TV (CBS)
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KMTR (NBC)
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KLSR-TV (FOX)
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The Register-Guard
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The Register-Guard (Eugene)
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Cottage Grove Sentinel
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Seaside Signal
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The Daily News
Local newspaper
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🏛️ Officials for Marion County

Office of the Governor of Oregon Tina Kotek
Governor · OR
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Oregon Department of Education
State education agency — special-education oversight · OR
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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