Monthly Legal Update, Special Supplement

Special Supplement: Section 504 Prevalence Rates per School (and Overall State, District, and School Analyses)

Based on the recently issued CRDC data for the 2017-18 school year, this Special Supplement provides the reported percentage of "504-only" students in each school in the country with at least 250 students.  For separate analyses of the 504 rates at the state, school district, and school level, respectively, in terms of the overall high… Continue reading Special Supplement: Section 504 Prevalence Rates per School (and Overall State, District, and School Analyses)

Monthly Legal Update, Special Supplement

Special Supplement: Alternate 504 Eligibility Form

As a follow-up to the October legal update, this Special Supplement provides an alternate 504 eligibility form, which provides a different graphic to show the applicable frame of reference for the often critical third essential element--"substantial" limitation. The Publications section provides a newly posted article under the "Section 504 and ADA" subheading explaining the legal… Continue reading Special Supplement: Alternate 504 Eligibility Form

Monthly Legal Update

July 2018 Legal Update

This monthly legal alert addresses Section 504 and IDEA issues, respectively. First is an update of the national and state-by-state percentages of “504-only” students. Second is the summary of a recent federal appellate court decision concerning child find and eligibility IDEA. Click here to download and read more.

Monthly Legal Update

June 2018 Legal Update

This monthly legal alert addresses an IDEA issue and a Section 504 issue. First is the summary of a recent federal appellate court decision concerning the IDEA's LRE mandate --B.E.L. v. Hawaii (2018). The second is a recently published article reporting the national and state-by-state percentages of "504-only" students. Click here to download the update… Continue reading June 2018 Legal Update