Section 504 Student Issues, with Perry Zirkel -- Program Two: The Nuances
*This is a one (1) day event - Thursday, May 2, 2024
9:00 am- 12:00 pm
Audience: Grades K-12; General and Special Education Teachers and Administrators, School Counselors, and Student Support Services Professionals
Presenter: Perry A. Zirkel, University Professor Emeritus of Education & Law, Lehigh University
Description:
This 3-hour virtual program focuses on the latest, more nuanced legal issues under Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for: (1) students who are not also covered by the IDEA ("504-only") and, to a lesser extent, (2) students also covered by the IDEA ("double-covered").
For 504-only, this program addresses:
- Does Child Find apply under Section 504?
- What revisions did the Department of Justice’s September 2016 regulations make to the Section 504 eligibility standard?;
- What is the current operational meaning of "substantial" limitation, including, for example, its application to students with concussions or student with "long COVID”?;
- Is the determination of the contents of a 504 plan with or without mitigating measures?;
- Are some students only technically eligible under Section 504?;
- How can a 504 coordinator say "No" in a way that is both legally and educationally effective to the parents of a student who does not meet the eligibility criteria for a 504 plan?;
- Are students entitled to special education as part of a 504 plan?;
- What is the courts’ standard for "appropriate" 504 plans?
- What are the latest CRDC data for the rate of 504-only students in Connecticut and the nation?
For content questions, please contact Stephen Proffitt, SERC, (860) 632-1485 ext. 322 or proffitt@ctserc.org.
For registration questions, please contact Linda Adorno, SERC, (860) 632-1485, ext. 241 or adorno@ctserc.org.
