Section 504 Regulations

Title ii prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability by state and local governments.

Section 504 regulations. Part 84 and programs or activities conducted by hhs. When schools punish sick children who miss school. No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the united states as.

Nondiscrimination under federal grants and programs. Section 504 of the rehabilitation act is a federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities. C significant structural.

Section 504 is a part of the rehabilitation act of 1973 that prohibits discrimination based upon disability. Section 504 section 504 states that no qualified individual with a disability in the united states shall be excluded from denied the benefits of or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity that either receives federal financial assistance or is conducted by any executive agency or the united states postal service. The purpose of this part is to effectuate section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973 which is designed to eliminate discrimination on the basis of handicap in any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.

Section 504 is an anti discrimination civil rights statute that requires the needs of students with disabilities to be met as adequately as the needs of the non disabled are met. It was one of the first u s. Compliance is not optional.

Programs and activities that receive financial assistance from hhs. Section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973 pub. Agencies must provide appropriate auxiliary aids where necessary to ensure an equal opportunity.

Section 504 requires agencies to provide individuals with disabilities an equal opportunity to participate in their programs and benefit from their services including the provision of information to employees and members of the public. Section 504 rehabilitation act of 1973 section 794. Federal civil rights laws offering protection for people with disabilities.