Section 504 Special Education

Special education was put into place to ensure that the rights of students with disabilities and their parents were being met and protected these individuals from being left behind. Since 1975 the legislations have required delivery of special-education, related services and supplementary aids and services that help to guide these principles according to the law. The importance of these laws is to provide students with special needs the proper and most up to date education and protect these students against falling or being left behind academically. Section 504 was implemented to school districts to ensure students and families that regardless of the child’s inability to perform or function due to being handicapped, would not prevent these students from being able to participate or be denied from any activities or be denied any sort of benefits from federal financial assistance programs or any sort of discrimination against that individual applying for the assistance (USDOE,2016).Section 504 requires school districts to assess and evaluate each student individually before considering the students may or may not have some sort of disability or learning disability. depending on the accusations, certain tests are selected and administered to determine whether the
The federal law that requires schools to accept and accommodate students with disabilities is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This law ensures that if the school suspects a student is possibly failing do to a disability or learning disability, that themselves and families are made aware and that the student is then evaluated. Friend (2013) states that any decisions being made about a student must be in compliance with the parents and they must provide a written consist and agree to any meetings or assistance their child will be receiving