The school promised to evaluate the student, and Mr. Williams consented to the evaluation before the end of September....
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Scenario 5 – Timeframes for Evaluation
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Parent Asks for an Evaluation of the Student
Through the Section 504-compliant evaluation process, a knowledgeable group of people will determine if the student has a disability and, if so, what services the student needs.60 Although...
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Scenario 6 – Disagreement Over Need to Evaluate
On the other hand, even if a student earns good grades, he or she may still have a disability....
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Periodic Reevaluation of Students with Disabilities
Section 504 requires school districts to conduct periodic reevaluations of students with disabilities.74 Section 504 also requires school districts to conduct reevaluations prior to significant...
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Scenario 7 – Reevaluations and FAPE
Salim is a student with a disability and he has a Section 504 plan. At the start of the spring semester, he received an out-of-school suspension for 12 consecutive school days....
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Additional Considerations for Placement and Services Under Section 504
with disabilities must be educated with students who do not have disabilities to the maximum extent appropriate to the needs of the student with a disability.85 In addition, school districts...
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Q7: Is learning the only major life activity that a school district must consider in determining if a student has a disability under Section 504 and Title II?
A student has a disability under Section 504 and Title II if a major life activity is substantially limited by his or her impairment....
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EXHIBIT 1
or prospective students, is accessible....
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Athletics and Extracurricular Activities
School districts must provide non-academic services and activities in a manner that provides students with disabilities an equal opportunity for participation.101 This requirement includes...
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A. Executive Order 13563 and 12866—Regulatory Planning and Review
encouraging more students to seek such accommodations, and empowering students with disabilities to enroll in college and remain enrolled there.10 Most of the students affected...
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Physical Accessibility
School districts are required to ensure that students and others with disabilities, including parents, are not denied access to the school’s programs or activities because of inaccessible...
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
all eligible children with disabilities a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment appropriate to their individual needs....
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Scenario 8 – Accessibility
required to make each existing facility or every part of an existing facility accessible if the facility in question was constructed before June 4, 1977; however, districts must still provide students...
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E. Employment Opportunities For Handicapped Applicants
Recipients must provide equal employment opportunities for teaching and administrative positions to handicapped applicants who can perform the essential functions of the position in...
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Additional Protections from Discrimination
Public school students with disabilities have the right to be free from discrimination based on disability; are entitled to an equal opportunity regardless of disability; and have the right...
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Q9: How can a school district meet its obligation, as described in the Section 504 regulation, to evaluate students to determine the need for special education or related services consistent with the Amendments Act?
the need of a student with a disability for special education or related services....
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Scenario 9 – Unjustified Different Treatment
In this case, none of the parents of students without disabilities were told that they must attend the field trip; therefore, the school may not require Ricardo’s father’s attendance simply...
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Bullying and Harassment
OCR hopes the benefit of including examples to reflect the harsh reality of harassment at school helps school personnel, parents, and students understand the rights of students with disabilities...
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Procedural Safeguards
by the student’s parents or guardian and representation by counsel; and a review procedure....
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Scenario 10 – Procedural Safeguards
Lee told staff at her son’s school that she believes her son has a disability because he cannot seem to sit still and concentrate on his assignments. Although Ms....
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Grievance Procedures
School districts are required to establish grievance procedures for resolving complaints related to those cases where the complainants allege that employees, other students, or third parties...
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Retaliation
Section 504 prohibits retaliation.143 For example, once a student, parent, teacher, coach, or other individual complains formally or informally to a school about a potential civil rights...
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Scenario 11 – Retaliation
Chen, the mother of a student with a disability, complained privately to the principal that her daughter and other students with disabilities are not receiving an appropriate education at...
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Q10: What should a school district do if it does not believe that a student needs special education or related services as described in the Section 504 regulation?
Examples of possible modifications include: allowing a student who has a physical disability based on a lung condition that substantially limits walking and mobility to use the...