Title: Section 504: A Plan for Equity, Access and Accommodations - PAVE
Headings: Section 504: A Plan for Equity, Access and Accommodations
Section 504: A Plan for Equity, Access and Accommodations
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Equity doesn’t mean Equal
​ Accommodations and services create equity in order to give people a fair opportunity to succeed. This level of fairness can be called justice.
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Section 504 Supports Inclusion and Bars Discrimination
Here are examples of how Section 504 might impact a student:
​ Are Parents Part of the Section 504 Team?
How are Discipline and Behavior addressed by Section 504?
​ Here are a few points related to Section 504, discipline and behavior:
Rules for Schools
Here are some additional resources for information about Section 504:
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Content: ​He needs a different platform to have the same opportunity to see the game. The help that makes access to learning equitable puts the word Appropriate in FAPE– Free Appropriate Public Education. Students with known disabilities get help and productivity enhancers to access the opportunities for success that all students have. If they need a taller crate—or an extra teacher, or a special swing on the playground, or training in Social Emotional Learning (SEL) or something else specific that gives them the same opportunity to learn, grow and benefit from school, then their civil right is to get the boost they need to have an equitable opportunity . ​
​ Accommodations and services create equity in order to give people a fair opportunity to succeed. This level of fairness can be called justice. ​
Under Section 504, individuals with impairments have a right to get into public places—with ramps, elevators, braille labels on doors…whatever is needed for physical access. Other aspects of access are less obvious. Individuals with unseen disabilities have the right to accommodations that will make a program or service as effective for them as it is for the general population. Positive behavior supports through a are an example of an accommodation that can help a student with a disability access the major life activity of learning.