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SAN MARCOS CISD

SAN MARCOS, Hays County, Texas
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👨‍🎓 8,222 students 📋 1,207 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (512)393-6744
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If SAN MARCOS CISD 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: (512)393-6744.

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 SAN MARCOS CISD 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 SAN MARCOS CISD

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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San Marcos Daily Record
Local newspaper
1 mi
· 🔍 find “San Marcos Daily Record” online
Hays Free Press
Local newspaper
12 mi
· 🔍 find “Hays Free Press” online
New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung
Local newspaper
15 mi
· 🔍 find “New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung” online
Wimberley View
Local newspaper
16 mi
· 🔍 find “Wimberley View” online
Lockhart Post-Register
Local newspaper
16 mi
· 🔍 find “Lockhart Post-Register” online
Seguin Gazette
Local newspaper
20 mi
· 🔍 find “Seguin Gazette” online
Luling Newsboy and Signal
Local newspaper
21 mi
· 🔍 find “Luling Newsboy and Signal” online
KTBC (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
24 mi
· 🔗 site
KLRU (PBS)
PBS — TV
24 mi
· 🔍 find “KLRU (PBS)” online
KVUE (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
24 mi
· 🔗 site
KXAN-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
24 mi
· 🔗 site
KEYE-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
24 mi
· 🔗 site
KNVA (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
24 mi
· 🔗 site
KAKW-DT (UNIVISION)
UNIVISION affiliate — TV
24 mi
· 🔗 site
Austin American-Statesman
Daily newspaper
31 mi
· 🔗 site
Blanco County News
Local newspaper
32 mi
· 🔍 find “Blanco County News” online
La Vernia News
Local newspaper
36 mi
· 🔍 find “La Vernia News” online
Gonzales Inquirer
Local newspaper
38 mi
· 🔍 find “Gonzales Inquirer” online
Johnson City Record-Courier
Local newspaper
40 mi
· 🔍 find “Johnson City Record-Courier” online
Bastrop Advertiser
Local newspaper
43 mi
· 🔍 find “Bastrop Advertiser” online
WOAI-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
44 mi
· 🔗 site
KENS (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
44 mi
· 🔗 site
KLRN (PBS)
PBS — TV
44 mi
· 🔗 site
KSAT-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
44 mi
· 🔗 site
KABB (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
44 mi
· 🔗 site
KWEX-DT (UNIVISION)
UNIVISION affiliate — TV
44 mi
· 🔗 site
KVDA (TELEMUNDO)
TELEMUNDO affiliate — TV
44 mi
· 🔗 site
San Antonio Express-News
Daily newspaper
45 mi
· 🔗 site
Elgin Courier
Local newspaper
47 mi
· 🔍 find “Elgin Courier” online
Boerne Star
Local newspaper
47 mi
· 🔍 find “Boerne Star” online
Smithville Times
Local newspaper
49 mi
· 🔍 find “Smithville Times” online
Wilson County News
Local newspaper
50 mi
· 🔍 find “Wilson County News” online
The Flatonia Argus
Local newspaper
51 mi
· 🔍 find “The Flatonia Argus” online
The Highlander
Local newspaper
54 mi
· 🔍 find “The Highlander” online
The Shiner Gazette
Local newspaper
55 mi
· 🔍 find “The Shiner Gazette” online
Williamson County Sun
Local newspaper
56 mi
· 🔍 find “Williamson County Sun” online
Taylor Press
Local newspaper
58 mi
· 🔍 find “Taylor Press” online
Yoakum Herald-Times
Local newspaper
63 mi
· 🔍 find “Yoakum Herald-Times” online
The Fayette County Record
Local newspaper
63 mi
· 🔍 find “The Fayette County Record” online
Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post
Local newspaper
63 mi
· 🔍 find “Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post” online

🏛️ Officials for Hays 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