{"id":14133,"date":"2014-06-05T13:02:18","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T17:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=11506"},"modified":"2014-06-05T13:02:18","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T17:02:18","slug":"3rd-circuit-will-hear-food-allergy-discrimination-case-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/3rd-circuit-will-hear-food-allergy-discrimination-case-2\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd Circuit to Hear Food Allergy Discrimination Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"3rd%20Circuit%20to%20Hear%20Food%20Allergy%20Discrimination%20Case\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.foodallergy.org\/2014\/05\/07\/fare-files-amicus-brief-in-food-allergy-discrimination-case\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 0px solid #ffffff; margin-left: 0px; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/fare.logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a>A case involving a kindergarten student with a tree nut allergy has the potential to set a precedent for food-allergy-related accommodations in a federal appellate court.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodallergy.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Food Allergy Research and Education<\/span><\/a> (FARE), joined by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.copaa.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(<\/span>COPAA) filed an amicus (friend of the court) brief Friday in the civil rights case, <em>T.F. vs. Fox Chapel Area School District<\/em>, in the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, one step below the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>A federal judge previously ruled that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the school district did not discriminate against the child in violation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act,<\/li>\n<li>the school offered reasonable accommodations<\/li>\n<li>the school did not retaliate against the child&#8217;s parents when it filed a truancy petition against the parents after they withdrew their child from school<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One accommodation offered by the school was &#8220;special lunch seating at a nut-free table&#8221; that was actually a single desk in the cafeteria.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodallergy.org\/document.doc?id=305\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">amicus brief<\/span><\/a> outlines the need for school-wide food allergy management policies, and detailed individualized student accommodation plans that not only note policies, but specifically explain how they will be carried out and by whom.<\/p>\n<p>We will keep you posted on the outcome of this case.<\/p>\n<p>Posted May 7, 2014 on the FARE Blog at<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.foodallergy.org\/2014\/05\/07\/fare-files-amicus-brief-in-food-allergy-discrimination-case\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/blog.foodallergy.org\/2014\/05\/07\/fare-files-amicus-brief-in-food-allergy-discrimination-case\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The argument in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodallergy.org\/document.doc?id=305&amp;tr=y&amp;auid=14182953\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">brief<\/span><\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>details the importance of protecting students with the hidden disability of a severe food allergy<\/li>\n<li>states the requirements for schools to provide FAPE under Section 504<\/li>\n<li>notes the statutory and regulatory provisions<\/li>\n<li>cites caselaw<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>To ensure a FAPE for a student with the hidden disability of a severe food allergy,\u00a0 schools must provide an individualized \u00a7504 Plan to ensure both meaningful participation in and meaningful access to educational benefits.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Students who require special education and related services require an Individualized Education Plan to meet these needs; a generic school-wide plan does not suffice.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/law\/caselaw\/ussupct.rowley.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>Bd. of Educ. of Hendrick Central Sch. 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