The Department of Education issued an updated Parent and Educator Resource Guide to Section 504 in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools.

February 2017
By Sandi Rosenbaum, Special Education Advocate

The guide brings together information published in a variety of guidance memos over recent years into a comprehensive reference document.

A student is eligible for 504 protections if they have a substantial limitation on any major life activity or bodily function, whether or not the disability limits the major life activity of learning. For instance, a student with diabetes has a substantial limitation in endocrine system function. The law specifically applies to students who have episodic impairments such as asthma, epilepsy and bipolar disorder. It applies even if the student benefits from ameliorating measures such as medication, prosthetics, or an insulin pump (except ordinary eyeglasses).


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