The Law
The name of the law that houses Section 504 legislation
What is The Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
Receives the referral for Section 504
Who is the School 504 Case Manager/Contact?
Report containing all pertinent information regarding the student and possible disability.
What is the 504 Record Review/Ed Eval?
To be completed by parent prior to initiating a formal evaluation/record review.
What is a Section 504 Notice and Consent for evaluation/re-evaluation?
The parent MUST provide a diagnosis in writing to the school in order for a student to be considered as an individual with a disability.
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Any person who: (i) has a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity; (ii) has a record of such an impairment; or (iii) is regarded as having such an impairment
Who is an individual with a disability?
Parent, Teacher, School Social Worker, Administrator, Section 504 Case Manager, other with knowledge about the student
Who is the Section 504 Team?
The number of days SDMC considers to be a "timely manner" within which to complete a Section 504 Ed Eval/Record Review
What is 60 Days (same as ESE Evaluations)?
Used to inform parent of meeting date and time.
What is the Section 504 Committee Meeting Notice?
A student does not qualify as a student with a disability if the condition is in remission.
May include any disability, long-term illness, or various disorder that “substantially” reduces or lessens a student’s ability to access learning in the educational setting because of a learning-, behavior- or health-related condition
Person responsible for providing the Section 504 accommodations.
Who is the teacher(s)?
Connors, BASC-3, and more...
What are rating scales?
Official record of what transpired in a meeting.
What is the Conference Note?
Students who are eligible for Section 504 can be suspended for more than 10 day in a school year.
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(45 day placements for weapons, drugs, etc)
Caring for oneself, bending, lifting, breathing, thinking, concentrating, standing, working, communicating, etc...
What are major life activities?
Held to determine if the behavior that led to the disciplinary infraction is the result of the student’s underlying disability
What is the Manifestation Determination Meeting?
Parent input, teacher input, diagnosis (if available), attendance, discipline, grades, standardized test results, etc.
What is data/information for the Section 504 Ed Eval/File Review?
Version of a document that you can no longer be able to open and edit.
Gifted students with an EP should not also have a Section 504 plan.
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Medications, prosthetic devices, assistive devices, learned behavior, and adaptive neurological modifications that an individual may use to eliminate or reduce the effects of an impairment .
What are mitigating measures?
Must be completed and submitted to the registrar at each stage of the Section 504 process.
What is the Section 504 Info for Student System (FOCUS) form?
Must be completed when outside documentation and available school documentation is not sufficient to determine the existence of an impairment or educational impact
What are behavior rating scales and/or a classroom observation.
The three locations the Section 504 plan should be housed.
What are the Cumulative file, PEER, FOCUS?
If a student has a disability not covered by an IEP, but qualifies as a disability under Section 504, the student's needs should be addressed by the IEP and the student should be identified as "Eligible without a Plan" under the 504 tab in FOCUS.
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