- Northern Highlands Regional HS
- An Overview of FAPE
Section 504
- Overview
- What is Section 504?
- An Overview of FAPE
- Section 504 Referral Process, Timelines and Types of Meetings
- Section 504/I&RS Team Members and Meeting Procedures
- Initial Evaluation and Eligibility
- Developing a Section 504 Plan for Eligible Students, Implementation, and General Compliance
- Administrative Responsibilities of the School
- Discipline for Students Protected Under Section 504
- Section 504 Appeal Procedures
- Section 504 Forms and BOE Procedures
- Notice of Procedures, Safeguards Under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- FAQ's
- Terminology
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An Overview of Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
Section 504 and the IDEA contain requirements for FAPE for students with disabilities, but there are some differences.
Under Section 504, FAPE is the provision of regular of special education and related aids and services that re 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.
A written Section 504 Plan is often a useful way to document that the school district engaged in a process to identify and address the needs of a student with a disability and to communicate, to school personnel, the information needed for successful implementation.
Under Section 504, FAPE must be provided free of charge to students with disabilities.
Key features of FAPE under Section 504 include:
- Evaluation and placement procedures that guard against misclassification or inappropriate placement of students.
- Periodic reevaluation of students who have been provided special education or related services and prior to a significant change in placement.
- A system of procedural safeguards that include notice; an opportunity for parents to review their child’s records; an impartial due process hearing and a review procedure.
