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Referral and Evaluation for Section 504
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- A referral under Section 504 occurs when a person or parent reports to the campus the existence of or suspension of a condition or disability that substantially limits one or more major life activities or bodily functions.
- Each campus appoints a §504 Designee who receives the referral.
- NEISD employees, parents/guardians, family members, and/or community members who report a condition to the classroom teacher also initiate a referral. However, the teacher then reports to the §504 Designee who contacts the parent to begin the documentation process.
- Until the finalization of the initial meeting, the term considered for an evaluation is used as the determination for eligibility occurs during the meeting.
- The §504 committee requires signed consent to begin the evaluation process. The §504 Designee obtains parental consent and maintains the documents provided for the evaluation process.
- The evaluation process under §504 consists of a review of diagnostic data. There is not a “§504 test” for the student to experience. Data is collected from multiple sources in a way that answers two questions.
- Is there an identified disability or condition?
- Does the condition substantially limit a major life activity or bodily function?
- Diagnostic reports provided by a medical or mental health treating professional licensed to practice in the United States of America contain eligibility information for the committee to consider.
- Parent and/or teacher checklists and observations frequently become part of the data used by treating professionals in determining a diagnosis.
- Parents provide access to treating professional documentation of conditions
- Provide a copy of the diagnostic report from the medical doctor, therapist, mental health professional, or treating organization
- Sign a consent to share confidential information allowing the school to contact the student's treating professional(s) to obtain the diagnostic data
- The evaluation process considers any information gathered through a full and individual initial evaluation under IDEIA indicating that a condition exists limiting the major life activity of learning, however, not at the level requiring specially designed instruction in Special Education.
- Dyslexia evaluations, occurring under IDEIA, become part of the considerations for evaluation under §504.
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