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THREE RIVERS ISD

THREE RIVERS, Live Oak County, Texas
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👨‍🎓 566 students 📋 88 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (361)786-3603
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If THREE RIVERS 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: (361)786-3603.

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 THREE RIVERS 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 THREE RIVERS ISD

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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Beeville Bee-Picayune
Local newspaper
25 mi
· 🔍 find “Beeville Bee-Picayune” online
The Karnes Countywide
Local newspaper
34 mi
· 🔍 find “The Karnes Countywide” online
Pleasanton Express
Local newspaper
41 mi
· 🔍 find “Pleasanton Express” online
Wilson County News
Local newspaper
49 mi
· 🔍 find “Wilson County News” online
Alice Echo-News Journal
Local newspaper
50 mi
· 🔍 find “Alice Echo-News Journal” online
Goliad Advance-Guard
Local newspaper
51 mi
· 🔍 find “Goliad Advance-Guard” online
La Vernia News
Local newspaper
62 mi
· 🔍 find “La Vernia News” online
The Devine News
Local newspaper
65 mi
· 🔍 find “The Devine News” online
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Daily newspaper
66 mi
· 🔗 site
KIII (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
66 mi
· 🔗 site
KRIS-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
66 mi
· 🔗 site
KZTV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
66 mi
· 🔗 site
KEDT (PBS)
PBS — TV
66 mi
· 🔗 site
KORO (UNIVISION)
UNIVISION affiliate — TV
66 mi
· 🔗 site
Kingsville Record
Local newspaper
68 mi
· 🔍 find “Kingsville Record” online
San Antonio Express-News
Daily newspaper
70 mi
· 🔗 site
The Cuero Record
Local newspaper
70 mi
· 🔍 find “The Cuero Record” online
Ingleside Index
Local newspaper
72 mi
· 🔍 find “Ingleside Index” online
WOAI-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
73 mi
· 🔗 site
KENS (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
73 mi
· 🔗 site
KLRN (PBS)
PBS — TV
73 mi
· 🔗 site
KSAT-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
73 mi
· 🔗 site
KABB (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
73 mi
· 🔗 site
KWEX-DT (UNIVISION)
UNIVISION affiliate — TV
73 mi
· 🔗 site
KVDA (TELEMUNDO)
TELEMUNDO affiliate — TV
73 mi
· 🔗 site
Aransas Pass Progress
Local newspaper
73 mi
· 🔍 find “Aransas Pass Progress” online
The Rockport Pilot
Local newspaper
75 mi
· 🔍 find “The Rockport Pilot” online
KAVU-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
75 mi
· 🔗 site
Victoria Advocate
Local newspaper
75 mi
· 🔍 find “Victoria Advocate” online
Seguin Gazette
Local newspaper
77 mi
· 🔍 find “Seguin Gazette” online
Port Aransas South Jetty
Local newspaper
80 mi
· 🔍 find “Port Aransas South Jetty” online
Hondo Anvil Herald
Local newspaper
85 mi
· 🔍 find “Hondo Anvil Herald” online
Gonzales Inquirer
Local newspaper
85 mi
· 🔍 find “Gonzales Inquirer” online
Falfurrias Facts
Local newspaper
85 mi
· 🔍 find “Falfurrias Facts” online
Yoakum Herald-Times
Local newspaper
85 mi
· 🔍 find “Yoakum Herald-Times” online
New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung
Local newspaper
86 mi
· 🔍 find “New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung” online
Luling Newsboy and Signal
Local newspaper
90 mi
· 🔍 find “Luling Newsboy and Signal” online
The Shiner Gazette
Local newspaper
91 mi
· 🔍 find “The Shiner Gazette” online
Port Lavaca Wave
Local newspaper
95 mi
· 🔍 find “Port Lavaca Wave” online
Boerne Star
Local newspaper
97 mi
· 🔍 find “Boerne Star” online

🏛️ Officials for Live Oak 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