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<blockquote data-quote="Babbs" data-source="post: 52193" data-attributes="member: 3820"><p>Mattsmum,</p><p>if there was a 504 in place and the teacher did not follow through with providing the accommodations or modifications mandated on the 504 plan, then it sounds like you have just cause to involve the Office of Civil Rights of the US Department of Education. Under Section 504 of the rehabilitation act, any modification or accomodation plan is a legally binding agreement. If the school is not implementing it, then take thee to the Office of Civil Rights. You can file a formal complaint with OCR by contacting the nearest state/regional office. You can also call the OCR Hotline at 1-800-421-3481 or using the OCR Online Complaint Form.</p><p></p><p>Most general education teachers aren't educated by the schools to understand the why behind the provisions of a 504 plan and the parents aren't educated on their rights under the law. Having sat on both sides of the table for 504's and IEPs, it's a huge difference. At an IEP I've been given a thick packet fully explaining my rights. I've never been even offered that packet at a 504 meeting. Part of the problem with 504's is that schools help dissiminate the idea that 504's have no teeth. No extra funds for 504's means that schools would rather have a student have NO services or require SDI in order to have an IEP.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babbs, post: 52193, member: 3820"] Mattsmum, if there was a 504 in place and the teacher did not follow through with providing the accommodations or modifications mandated on the 504 plan, then it sounds like you have just cause to involve the Office of Civil Rights of the US Department of Education. Under Section 504 of the rehabilitation act, any modification or accomodation plan is a legally binding agreement. If the school is not implementing it, then take thee to the Office of Civil Rights. You can file a formal complaint with OCR by contacting the nearest state/regional office. You can also call the OCR Hotline at 1-800-421-3481 or using the OCR Online Complaint Form. Most general education teachers aren't educated by the schools to understand the why behind the provisions of a 504 plan and the parents aren't educated on their rights under the law. Having sat on both sides of the table for 504's and IEPs, it's a huge difference. At an IEP I've been given a thick packet fully explaining my rights. I've never been even offered that packet at a 504 meeting. Part of the problem with 504's is that schools help dissiminate the idea that 504's have no teeth. No extra funds for 504's means that schools would rather have a student have NO services or require SDI in order to have an IEP. [/QUOTE]
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