The Clearing House, Vol. 82, No. 5 (MAY/JUNE 2009), pp. 209-211 (3 pages) The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments (ADAA), which went into effect on January 1, 2009, have made major changes in ...

The U.S. Department of Education will update a 45-year-old civil rights law meant to protect students with disabilities from discrimination. The department this month will begin collecting public ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Several states are suing to change a rule in Section 504, including Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana possibly affecting children with Gender Dysphoria. Louisiana, Texas, and ...

Almost 5 percent of students in New Hampshire have disabilities that are covered solely by “Section 504,” which offers protection to students who have a “physical or mental disability that ...

Clara Forbes, 12, does her math homework at home in Herriman on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Clara has 22q Deletion Syndrome and would be impacted if Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which ...

Students receiving accommodations under Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act—a law that predates the Individuals with Disabilities Act and creates a more expansive definition of disability than ...

IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 are very different, leading to miscommunication between college and high school staff who have ...

A federal investigation into the Greenwich school district earlier this year led to changes in the school system’s regulations and staff training affecting students with disabilities, according to ...

In an announcement by the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in August 2023, OCR appeared to adopt the position that being “in recovery from a substance abuse ...