{"id":22779,"date":"2018-07-19T10:30:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T14:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=22779"},"modified":"2018-07-17T12:14:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T16:14:20","slug":"accommodations-for-high-school-students-in-advanced-placement-ap-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/accommodations-for-high-school-students-in-advanced-placement-ap-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"Accommodations for High School Students in Advanced Placement (AP) Classes"},"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=\"Accommodations%20for%20High%20School%20Students%20in%20Advanced%20Placement%20%28AP%29%20Classes\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p>Can my high school student with a learning disability take an AP class? The school told us AP classes were not for kids with LD.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is discrimination that is actionable under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/sec504.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/writing.tests_.girl_.500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read for yourself what &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/idea\/comment\/46661-46688.reg.320-328.ieps.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The Commentary<\/span><\/a>&#8221; says in the Federal Register of August 14, 2006, at page 46668.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/idea\/comment\/46661-46688.reg.320-328.ieps.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/idea\/comment\/46661-46688.reg.320-328.ieps.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Beginning not later than<\/em><br \/>\n<em> the first IEP to be in effect when the<\/em><br \/>\n<em> child turns 16 years of age, section<\/em><br \/>\n<em> 614(d)(1)(A)(i)(VIII)(aa) of the Act<\/em><br \/>\n<em> requires a child\u2019s IEP to include<\/em><br \/>\n<em> measurable postsecondary goals in the<\/em><br \/>\n<em> areas of training, education, and<\/em><br \/>\n<em> employment, and, where appropriate,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> independent living skills.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Section 300.320(b)(2)<\/em><br \/>\n<em> includes a reference to \u2018\u2018courses of<\/em><br \/>\n<em> study\u2019\u2019 [ (such as participation in<\/em><br \/>\n<em> advanced-placement course or a<\/em><br \/>\n<em> vocational education program) ] as part of transition services,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> consistent with section<\/em><br \/>\n<em> 614(d)(1)(A)(i)(VIII)(bb) of the Act. \u2026\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The US Department of Education assumed that a child planning to go to college may well be taking AP classes.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If the school allows my child to take an AP class, is he also allowed to have accommodations?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course. Failure to do so, again, is a violation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/sec504.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Section 504<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>More Resources<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/college.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">College: Continuing and Higher Education<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/2e.index.htm#OCR\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Prohibition Against Disability-Based Discrimination<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/school-says-no-advanced-classes-for-kids-with-ieps\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">School Says, &#8220;No Advanced Classes for Kids with IEPs&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartkidswithld.org\/getting-help\/college-bound\/why-college-is-daunting-for-ld-students\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Why College is Daunting for Kids with LD<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/trans.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Transition, Transition Services, and Transition Planning<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can my high school student with a learning disability take an AP class? 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