On July 19, 2022, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) released several guidance documents concerning the ...

On May 9, 2024, the Biden Administration continued its push to update and modernize federal nondiscrimination protections by publishing revised regulations (the “Final Rule”) that amend the Department ...

The question of Whether school districts must provide services under Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act to students in private schools is being debated in court, as I wrote last week. But ...

RE-1 Valley School District is in the process of giving its Section 504 Handbook a much-needed update. Liz Mauler, student services director, shared the newly revised handbook with the school board ...

a. What is Section 504? In 1973, Congress passed the Rehabilitation Act (Public Law 93-112). This act guarantees civil rights for Americans with disabilities. The law is grounded in the due process ...

HOUSTON — Advocates for people with disabilities are expressing concern over a federal lawsuit that targets discrimination protections that they say could have wide implications. A lawsuit of more ...

The Trump administration is quietly working to fast-track changes to a key disability rights law by circumventing typical procedures, advocates are warning. The U.S. Department of Energy posted a ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WMBF) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued a new statement Thursday looking to clarify his position on school accommodations under Section 504. Wilson joined several ...

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX. A NEW PETITION IS ASKING IOWA ATTORNEY GENERAL BRENNA BIRD TO DROP OUT OF A FEDERAL LAWSUIT. IT WAS FILED OVER CHANGES TO SECTION 504 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT, MADE UNDER THE ...

U.S. Army service members from the 531st field hospital, deployed from Fort Campbell, Kentucky transport a patient to the Intensive Care Unit at the Javits New York Medical Station, in support of the ...

Jocelyn Spence, a Prosper Rock Hill senior and former softball player, photographed at her home on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in Prosper. Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer A former Prosper Rock Hill ...