504 Plans - KY-SPIN Parent Training & Information (PTI) Center - 1-14-2025

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Overview of Section 504 under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, including how it functions as a civil rights law that prohibits disability discrimination in federally assisted programs and activities. Explains Section 504 protections for public elementary and secondary schools, the qualifying definition of disability (impairment, record, or regarded as), and major life activities. Covers how Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) must be provided, along with key guidance for parents and educators.

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Agenda

What is Section 504

504 Plan

Complaint Process

In Your Community

What is Section 504

Section 504 Definition of Disability

Major Life Activities

Public Elementary and Secondary Schools

Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)

) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 504 Plans 1-14-2025 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) KY-SPIN (Special Parent Involvement Network) Parent Training & Information (PTI) Center Funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education under IDEA since 1988 when Kentucky first received a PTI. KY-SPIN Parent Center provides training, information and support forchildren and youth with all types of disabilities (birth through 26 years old), their parents, families and professionals. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) We do NOT Act as attorneys We DO Empower families to advocate for their children effectively. Provide “peer to peer” support to help families access needed information and resources ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Disclosure This is not a Training of Trainers event. KY-SPIN does not authorize other agencies, organizations or individuals to train material. This presentation is for educational use ONLY. All rights for use reserved by KY-SPIN, Inc. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) | |
AGENDA
What is Section 504

1
504 Plan

2

Complaint Process

3
In Your Community

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| | --- | --- | ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) WHAT IS SECTION 504 Section 504 of The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as Amended is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) SECTION 504 Section 504 provides a broad range of protections against discrimination based on the disability which includes public schools. The disability does not have to be a lasting disability to qualify under 504 (e.g. temporarily wheelchair bound or on crutches.) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) | |
SECTION 504 DEFINITION OF DISABILITY
To qualify, a person must meet one of the following:
| | --- | --- | | | • 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

| ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITIES The list of major life activities under Section 504 includes, but is not limited to, the activities listed below: Bending Breathing Eating Hearing Communicating Learning Lifting Seeing Reading Caring for oneself sleeping speaking Standing Thinking Manual tasks ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) SECTION 504 PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS | | | | --- | --- | | Under Section 504, Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) is the provision of regular or special education and related aids and services that are designed to meet the individual educational needs of students with disabilities as adequately as the needs of non-disabled students are met and are based on adherence to procedures governing educational setting, evaluation and placement, and procedural safeguards. | | Parent and Educator Resource Guide to Section 504 in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools

FAQs

What does Section 504 prohibit?

Section 504 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance.

How does a person qualify for Section 504 disability under the presentation?

To qualify, a person must have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits major life activities, have a record of such an impairment, or be regarded as having such an impairment.

What is FAPE in public elementary and secondary schools under Section 504?

FAPE is the provision of regular or special education and related aids and services designed to meet the individual educational needs of students with disabilities, using procedures for evaluation and placement and including procedural safeguards.

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