Advocates here work with Schertz families and Schertz-Cibolo-U City ISD teams. Each profile lists a rate when the advocate shares one.
3 based in Texas · 3 virtual advocates who work with Texas schools
An advocate is a paid professional who reads the evaluation reports, drafts your concerns, sits beside you at the IEP table, and follows up on whatever the school agreed to do.
Most of the work happens before anyone sits down in a Schertz conference room.
Advocates also coach. Some Schertz parents hire one for two hours of prep and go into the meeting alone.
Records live with Schertz-Cibolo-U City ISD, not with the front office of one building, and a request addressed to the district gets a faster answer than one that is not.
No advocate in this directory lists Schertz as their home base. These advocates work from other parts of Texas, and each card names the city.
Based in San Antonio, TX
FamilyADDventures.com
Nicole Santiago is a learning specialist and an advocate (IEP coach). She is a member of COPAA.org and ensures special education students receive the most appropriate educational services possible.
Based in San Angelo, TX
Special Education Advocate/IEP Consultant
Hello! My journey began as a middle and high school teacher in 2006. After 2 years in the general education classroom, I began my journey with special education and became an elementary inclusion…
Based in Katy, TX
Special Education Advocate
Besides being a parent of a neurodivergent son, I have been a special education teacher, diagnostician, and advocate for the past 30 years. I am a true hands-on, walk in your shoes type of advocate.
These advocates are not based in Texas. They join IEP meetings by video or phone, which IDEA allows when you and the school agree.
Virtual · based in Wesley Chapel, FL · works with Texas schools
Special Education Advocate
With 24 years of experience in the K-12 sector, I serves as a Student Support Specialist specializing in academic and behavioral ESE services.
Virtual · based in Atlanta, GA · works with Texas schools
School Psychologist & Parent Advocate
I’m a certified School Psychologist, Parent Advocate, and Coach dedicated to helping families navigate special education with confidence.
Virtual · based in Inverness, IL · works with Texas schools
Special Education Advocate
I earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Communicative Sciences and Disorders at Michigan State University and a Master’s of Education from DePaul University, with a dual certification in elementary and…
8 public schools inside Schertz belong to Schertz-Cibolo-U City ISD. Each one has its own case manager and its own backlog, and the answer you get about scheduling depends on which building your child attends.
Buildings do not fund services and districts do. Ask which office is deciding before you spend a meeting arguing with the wrong one.
Confirm your child's district by address before you send a letter or name a district-specific process.
Federal law lets a state write its own evaluation deadline instead of using the national one. What Texas actually requires is 45 school days.
Keep every email. Most of what an advocate does with a Schertz file is date-stamping what the school already told you.
Texas gives a school district 45 school days to finish an initial special education evaluation. A written request for an evaluation has to be answered inside 15 school days. Missed deadlines are handled by the Texas Education Agency, Office of Special Populations and Student Supports, which takes written state complaints from parents.
Certification programs exist and some advocates hold them. None of them is issued by the Texas Education Agency, Office of Special Populations and Student Supports, and none of them is required to sit in a Texas IEP meeting.
Advocates who work Prosper and here see the same state rules twice a week. Repetition inside one state is the practice worth paying for.
Advocates are not attorneys. No advocate in Schertz can file a lawsuit for you or give you legal advice about the case.
What worked for a family in Prosper may not fit yours. Ask the advocate what is different about your file before you copy anyone.
Rates and openings decide most of this. An advocate who cannot meet before your Schertz meeting date is the wrong hire, and the second-best advocate who is free this month usually beats the best one who is not.
Ask for two references from cases like yours. Somebody who cannot produce one has not worked many.
Answers about hiring a special education advocate in Schertz, Texas, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
What is the hourly rate for a parent advocate?
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.
When should I hire a special education advocate in Schertz?
Most parents call after a school says no to testing, after goals repeat unchanged for a year, or a week before an annual review. Earlier is cheaper. An advocate hired the night before a meeting can only read so much.
Can I hire a virtual advocate if we live in Schertz?
Video is normal now. A remote advocate reads the file, drafts your concerns and joins the meeting by phone. What a remote advocate cannot do is walk the building or read the room.
Does Schertz-Cibolo-U City ISD cover every Schertz address?
Most Schertz families work with Schertz-Cibolo-U City ISD. Charter and magnet enrollment can change which agency owes the service, so ask that question before the first meeting.
How do I get my child school records?
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.
Official Texas links for parents in Schertz.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same Texas rules apply in Prosper, Rosenberg, Cypress, Seguin and the other cities listed here, or see every Texas advocate.
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Say the name of your school and Schertz-Cibolo-U City ISD in the first message. That is enough for an advocate to know whether they can take the case.
