What Does the Law Say? New Section 504 Student Eligibility Standards

Autor/in	Zirkel, Perry A.
Titel	What Does the Law Say? New Section 504 Student Eligibility Standards
Quelle	In: TEACHING Exceptional Children, 41 (2009) 4, S.68-71 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0040-0599
Schlagwörter	Compliance (Legal); Individualized Education Programs; Elementary Secondary Education; Eligibility; Disabilities; Special Education; Federal Legislation; Educational Legislation; Access to Education; Special Needs Students; General Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individualized education program; Individualisierendes Lernen; Eignung; Handicap; Behinderung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Bundesrecht; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Allgemein bildendes Schulwesen; Allgemeinbildung
Abstract	In November 2008, Congress passed, and the President signed, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Amendments (ADAA), with an effective date of January 1, 2009. While other issues, such as the national economic crisis, dominated public attention at the time, the ADAA unobtrusively connected to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), impacting students in Grades K-12. Many school leaders are only belatedly learning about the direct effects of this new law, which include expanding the eligibility for individual student Section 504 Plans and reinforcing regulatory overlap for students who have individualized education programs (IEPs) under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA). In this article, the author explains the newly expanded Section 504 eligibility standards and discusses their implications for general and special education. The author suggests that as with other legal issues, special educators need to take the lead in terms of expanding the awareness of and compliance with these intersecting federal statutes among their general education colleagues. (Contains 1 figure.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10