February 27, 2024
OCR RELEASES UPDATES
This week, the Office of Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education released four new resource documents to “inform students with disabilities, and their families and schools, about their legal rights under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.” The four new resources address common medical conditions that can be disabilities for purposes of Section 504: asthma, diabetes, food allergies, and GERD.