- Chickasaw City Schools
- Section 504
Chickasaw City School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, color, national origin, religion, sex, genetic information, or physical or mental disability in admission to, access to, treatment in or employment in its programs and activities. Chickasaw City School District also provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Title IX; 34 CFR 106.9 Section 504; 34 CFR 104.8
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What is Section 504?
Section 504 is a part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 that prohibits discrimination based upon disability. Section 504 is an anti-discrimination, civil rights statute that requires the needs of students with disabilities to be met as adequately as the needs of the non-disabled are met.Section 504 states that: “No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States, as defined in section 706(8) of this title, shall, solely by reason of her or his disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance...” [29 U.S.C. §794(a), 34 C.F.R. §104.4(a)].
Section 504 requires schools to provide students with disabilities appropriate educational services designed to meet the individual needs of such students to the same extent as the needs of students without disabilities are met. An appropriate education for a student with a disability under the Section 504 regulations could consist of education in regular classrooms, education in regular classes with supplementary services, and/or special education and related services.
Contact Information:
Mrs. Sheila Smith-504 Coordinator
201 N. Craft Hwy.
Chickasaw, AL. 36611
251-380-8383
