Fw: Re: Sleeping TEA Judge Resigns!!!!! ( state funded advocate comment)

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Aloha A precious post included a possible misunderstanding. The post indicated" Parents have the option of getting lawyers and advocates that are paid by the state, and quite frankly, does anyone else see the conflict of interest here?" "Most of us are "tapped out" money wise, so chances are if we find ourselves in due process, we would have to rely on these state funded lawyers and advocates" To my knowledge, there are no state funded atty or advocates for parents. The parents with less resources , are typically in the unenviable position of finding an atty/advocate that will take is on contingency ( there are few) or use one of the non- profits such as Disability Rights, Texas Civil Rights Project, etc . Also keep in mind the " due process hearing" is a relatively rare event. TEA stats indicate for 2010, there were 355 filed, only 25 went to an actual hearing. Most always resolve.I wanted to make a clarification as there are sometimes a misunderstanding on how atty or advocates operate.Please contact me off list if further clarification is neededMahalo, BeinkeThe SpecialEdMarine