Section 504
Contact Information
Andrea Sellers
Director of Special Education Assessment and Compliance
Asellers@
galenaparkisd.com
832-386-1073
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a federal law that protects the civil rights of persons with disabilities. The purpose of the Act is to prohibit discrimination and to ensure that impaired students have educational opportunities and benefits equal to those provided to non-impaired students.
Who Is Eligible
A student should be considered for eligibility under Section 504 if he/she:
- Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
- Has a record of such an impairment.
- Is regarded as having such an impairment.
Section 504 May Include Conditions Such As:
- Dyslexia
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Diabetes
- Asthma
- Autism
- Cancer
- Hearing Impairment
- Visual Impairment
- Auto-immune deficiency
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- Cerebral Palsy
- Epilepsy
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Orthopedic Impairments
- Other Disorders of Major Body Functions
** Not intended to be all-inclusive
Identification
Section 504 requires schools to:
- Identify and notify qualified disabled students of their rights and procedural safeguards
- Evaluate students to determine Section 504 eligibility
- Provide appropriate classroom accommodations to eligible students
- Meet the needs of eligible disabled students as adequately as the needs of non-disabled students
- Provide a free appropriate public education (FAPE)
- Afford eligible disabled students equal opportunities to participate in extracurricular and nonacademic activities to the same extent as non-disabled students