Are Kids with Passing Grades Eligible for 504 Plans and IEPs?
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Tag Archives: Section 504
8 Frequently Asked Questions about Compensatory Education
As schools reopen, expect the IEP team to schedule a meeting or meetings to discuss your child’s eligibility for compensatory education. As your child’s advocate, you need to learn all you can about compensatory education now. Your child has no more time to waste. Continue Reading →
Help! My son with LD is graduating. Who will write his 504 when he loses his IEP?
Gina-Marie writes – Help! My son with LD and an IEP is graduating from high school and I understand he will lose his IEP. Will he have a 504 now Continue Reading →
Test Your Knowledge & Skills: Take a Wrightslaw Quiz!
To be a successful advocate you must: gather facts and information educate yourself about the local school district and state academic standards read special education laws, regulations, and cases to Continue Reading →
Is Fragrance Sensitivity a Disability under ADA?
Sprays and perfume in the classroom is an asthmatic trigger for my son! Spraying Lysol is another concern. The school says they can not include this in his 504 plan Continue Reading →
Rights of Students with Disabilities in Charter Schools
On December 28, 2016, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) released a Guidance Package developed to provide Continue Reading →
How to Avoid Having a Related Service Downgraded to RTI
My district recently tried to wriggle out of its legal obligation to provide my child with his documented related service by moving him “up” to Response to Intervention (RTI). Here’s Continue Reading →
Schools Cannot Deny Equal Opportunity for Participation in Extracurricular Activities
My son has ADHD and ODD and has an aide during the school day. We have requested numerous times to have aide support for after school activities so he can Continue Reading →
Can the School Deny Section 504 Accommodations in an AP Course?
Our daughter has Section 504 accommodations that include keyboarding for written work longer than 1-2 sentences. The school says she can not use this accommodation in an AP course, because Continue Reading →
Should We Discontinue Services & Terminate the IEP?
My daughter is an 18 year old junior who misses school because of migraines. She has an IEP for reading problems. The Special Ed teacher doesn’t believe she has headaches, Continue Reading →
