School closures & your child's IEP
Learn about Colorado's parent participation rule when a school or special education program moves.
Understand your rights →Independent · Parent-led · Colorado-wide
Every family deserves to be heard.
Share your experience. Understand your rights. Find better ways to support students with disabilities.
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Reading & dyslexia
Explore reading curricula, intervention programs, and what teacher training does—and doesn't—mean.
Explore reading resources →Schools making a difference
Help us identify effective special education practices worth sharing across Colorado.
Learn about the project →Your voice matters
Colorado surveys
For Colorado families, educators, and advocates. Choose the survey that fits your role, in English or Spanish. Looking for the national family surveys? Those are available below. Please avoid identifying student or staff details.
Parents & caregivers
Share experiences navigating special education in Colorado.
Open parent survey ↗Educators & advocates
Share perspectives on services, barriers, and practices that help students thrive.
Open professional survey ↗Survey participation is voluntary. We do not ask for names, but detailed responses may still be identifying. Findings will be reviewed before publication.
All 50 states + Washington, D.C.
National family surveys
Help us learn where special education is working, where needs are unmet, and which practices other schools can learn from. Parents and caregivers age 18 or older across the United States—including Colorado—are welcome. Positive, mixed, and difficult experiences all matter.
Familias de los 50 estados y Washington, D. C., incluido Colorado: compartan experiencias positivas, mixtas o difíciles sobre la educación especial. Elijan la encuesta breve o la completa.
Quick National Survey
A shorter overview of services, student progress, family participation, successful practices, and unmet needs.
Comprehensive National Survey
A more detailed look at evaluations, staffing, reading, inclusion, safety, school changes, and family impact. Follow-up sections depend on your answers.
Choose one national survey
Answer about one student, one school year, and one responsible district. Choose Quick or Comprehensive, in either language, and coordinate with other caregivers to avoid duplicate responses. You may answer separately for another child.
Responda sobre un estudiante, un año escolar y un distrito responsable. Elija una sola versión nacional, breve o completa, en el idioma que prefiera. Coordínese con otros cuidadores para evitar respuestas duplicadas.
The Colorado surveys remain available above. Colorado and national responses are stored separately; compatible findings may be compared, with limitations explained. These voluntary surveys describe participating families’ experiences and do not establish representative state or district rankings.
Only consent and a state choice are required in the national surveys; state includes “Prefer not to answer.” No names or emails are requested. Do not identify students, families, schools, or staff in written comments. Complete anonymity cannot be guaranteed. Each form explains privacy and the three-year retention policy. Questions or accessibility help? Email Colorado Parent Voices.
Community Voices
Have a concern you want heard?
We're preparing a way to share special education experiences for private research or optional, moderated public storytelling. Submissions are now open through our Community Voices Google Form.
Concerned about a school move?
Parent participation matters.
Colorado's rules require parent participation in decisions changing where a student's IEP is implemented. The rule does not expressly exempt district-wide school closures; how it applies depends on the individual circumstances.
Research in progress
From experiences to evidence.
We're gathering family and educator perspectives and examining public data. Findings and school profiles will be published only after review, with clear sources and limitations.
Explore the reading directory project →About us
Independent. Parent-led. Colorado-wide.
Colorado Parent Voices gathers experiences, shares public information, and highlights opportunities to strengthen special education. We are not affiliated with a school district or government agency and do not provide legal representation.
Questions or accessibility requests? Email Colorado Parent Voices.
For individualized support, visit Disability Justice or PEAK Parent Center.