Aurora Public Schools staff run the IEP meetings in Aurora. These advocates sit on your side of the table.
3 virtual advocates who work with Colorado schools
Hiring one is optional. Nothing in federal law requires a parent to bring an advocate to an IEP meeting.
Families in Aurora and Colorado Springs run into the same problem. The school says the current plan is working, and the progress report shows the same goal repeated from last year with the same numbers under it.
Paperwork is where cases are won or lost, and an advocate who has read every progress report in the file will find the sentence an Aurora team wrote two years ago that contradicts what it is saying now.
Note what changed at home. Teachers see one room for one hour and parents see the rest of the day.
These advocates are not based in Colorado. They join IEP meetings by video or phone, which IDEA allows when you and the school agree.
Virtual · based in Chicago, IL · works with Colorado schools
Virtual Special Education & IEP Consultant
I provide virtual IEP and special education support to families in Illinois and beyond. With experience as a Special Education Director, case manager, and special education teacher, I bring both…
Virtual · based in Buford, GA · works with Colorado schools
Georgia Special Education & IEP Advocate
Dr. Mary Jo Ray-Jewett is the owner and lead advocate of The IEP Guru, LLC, providing special education advocacy throughout Georgia.
Virtual · based in Austin, TX · works with Colorado schools
Special Education Advocate
Hi, My name is David Gonzales. Living in Austin, TX, but originally from Los Angeles, CA. I carry a masters degree in special education and currently practice as a sped teacher.
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Aurora Public Schools runs the IEP meetings for most Aurora students, and its special education staff will be on the other side of the table when you walk in.
Parents in Colorado Springs face the same paperwork. Rules do not change from one town to the next inside a state.
Confirm your child's district by address. Aurora addresses may fall in more than one public school district.
Federal law lets a state write its own evaluation deadline instead of using the national one. What Colorado actually requires is 60 calendar days.
Write down what you want the school to add, in one page, before you walk into the Aurora meeting, because a team that reads your list in advance cannot pretend it never came up.
Colorado gives a school district 60 calendar days to finish an initial special education evaluation. No Colorado rule sets a separate deadline for answering a written request, so the federal reasonable-time standard is what applies. Missed deadlines are handled by the Colorado Department of Education, Office of Special Education, which takes written state complaints from parents.
Training varies, and so does what it proves. A parent who asks how many Aurora IEP meetings an advocate sat in last year learns more than a certificate would show.
Check the references and not the letters after the name. Two calls to past clients settle it faster than any credential list.
No advocate can promise a placement or an outcome in Aurora. Anyone who does is selling you something.
Aurora Public Schools is allowed to say no. What it is not allowed to do is say no without written notice that explains the reason.
No advocate is listed in every city. A remote advocate who knows Colorado rules is usually a better hire for Aurora than a local one who does not.
Ask whether the advocate has sat in an Aurora Public Schools meeting before. The answer is a yes or a no and it tells you a great deal.
Answers about hiring a special education advocate in Aurora, Colorado, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
What do special education advocates charge in Aurora, Colorado?
Most advocates on this directory charge $75 to $150 per hour. A standard cycle with two hours of prep and two hours in the meeting runs about $400. Travel and extra meetings cost more.
Who runs special education for Aurora schools?
Most of the city sits inside Aurora Public Schools. The district writes the plan and holds the special education budget, which is why a complaint about a missed service names the district and not the school.
Are there free IEP advocates in Aurora?
Free guidance exists. Parent centers, disability rights agencies and local parent groups all give it, and none of them will attend the meeting as your representative.
What should a records request say?
Ask in writing and address it to the district rather than the front office. Schools have to let parents inspect the education records they keep, and inspection has to happen before the next IEP meeting.
Where does a written special education complaint go?
The Colorado Department of Education takes written complaints from parents about missed deadlines and services never delivered. An advocate can prepare one. The advocate does not decide it and cannot make the district settle.
Official Colorado links for parents in Aurora.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same Colorado rules apply in Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Denver, Lakewood and the other cities listed here, or see every Colorado advocate.
If nobody here fits, check the Colorado Springs page next. The same Colorado rules apply there.
Have the most recent Aurora Public Schools progress report open on the first call. It shows whether the goals moved at all.
