SECTION 504 RESPONSIBILITIES - Give Access (Provide Accommodation)
Ensure that no otherwise qualified individual with disabilities shall solely by reason of his/her disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program activity.
QUALIFIED STUDENT UNDER SECTION 504 - Must have a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits a major life activity (e.g., learning).
- Experiences difficulty learning as compared to the average student in national population.
- Must be provided accommodations with the goal of diminishing the deficit between performance and ability.
504 MAY NOT BE DETERMINED BY - Age
- Culture
- Environment
- Economic factors
- Deficits that can be accommodated by regularly available implementations provided by the classroom teacher.
PHYSICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT includes, but is not limited to the following conditions: - Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
- Attention deficit disorder
- Attention deficit hyperactive disorder
- Cancer
- Cerebral palsy
- Diabetes
- Emotional illness
- Epilepsy
| - Hearing impairments
- Heart disease
- Human immunodeficiency virus
- Multiple sclerosis
- Muscular dystrophy
- Orthopedic impairments
- Speech impairments
- Visual impairments
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HOW SECTION 504 DIFFERS FROM IDEA (Special Education) - Accommodation plan, not IEP.
- Parents not required but are preferred to be part of accommodation plan development.
- Accommodations are generally provided by regular education.
- No right to independent evaluation.
PARENT RIGHTS SECTION 504 ACCOMMODATION PROCESS
WHAT ARE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS?
Reasonable accommodations include any adjustments which enable a student to benefit from his/her education. Curriculum Adjusted length Same content/different material Different curriculum | Classroom Management Behavior plans Modified rules Modified consequences | Assessment Adjusted format Modified scoring Adjusted length |
Physical Plant Improve access to building/classroom Change of seating Wider aisles, etc. Transportation | Instruction Tutoring Use of Braille Hand signing Health services Take home packets |
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