Segment 3: Notice of Rights Under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
These rights apply to parents/guardians and students who have reached the age of majority (18):
1. The parent/guardian or student who has reached the age of majority has a right to receive a copy of a notice of procedural rights when the school district
- identifies, evaluates, refuses to evaluate, or makes a new educational placement
- denies a new educational placement or
- makes any significant change in the educational placement of the student
because of the student’s disability or suspected disability.
2. The parent/guardian or student who has reached the age of majority has the right to an evaluation of the student if the school district has reason to believe that the student has a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits learning or some other major life activity. This will happen before any plan for accommodation and before any subsequent significant change in the educational placement of the child. An
example of a significant change in educational placement is a referral for expulsion.
3. The student has the right to a free appropriate public education at the same cost as children who are not disabled.
4. To the maximum extent possible, the student has the right to be educated with children who are not disabled.
5. The parent/guardian or student who has reached the age of fourteen or older or entered ninth grade has the right to examine all relevant records the school maintains on the student.
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