Section 504

CHAPTER 15 – ANNUAL PUBLIC NOTICE

In compliance with state and federal law, the Springfield School District will provide to each protected handicapped student without discrimination or cost to the student or family, those related aids, services or accommodations which are needed to provide equal opportunity to participate in and obtain the benefits of the school program and extracurricular activities to the maximum extent appropriate to the student's abilities. In order to qualify as a protected handicapped student the child must be of school age with a physical or mental disability which substantially limits or prohibits participation in or access to an aspect of the school program.

These services and protections for "protected handicapped students" are distinct from those applicable to all eligible students enrolled (or seeking enrollment) in special education programs.

CHAPTER 15 – SECTION 504 PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS

As part of the protections available to you if we cannot agree as to what related aids, services, or accommodations should or should no longer be provided to your child, the procedural safeguard system may be used to resolve the dispute. Following are some details of the avenues available to use. (It is important to note that the Springfield Public Schools prides itself on being responsive to individual student and parent needs. Most disputes are remedied at the Informal Conference level.)