Section 504, the ADA, and Public Schools: What Educators Need To Know.

Smith, Tom E. C.

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Publication Date: 2001

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Section 504, the ADA, and Public Schools: What Educators Need To Know.

Smith, Tom E. C.

Remedial and Special Education, v22 n6 p335-43 Nov-Dec 2001

This article provides an overview of the requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), both civil rights laws that require schools to provide eligible students with equal access to a free, appropriate education and to extracurricular activities. Actions schools can take to ensure compliance are specified. (Contains references.) (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Access to Education, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Equal Education, Federal Legislation, School Responsibility, Special Needs Students

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Americans with Disabilities Act 1990; Rehabilitation Act 1973 (Section 504)

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