While a diagnosis is not needed to create a 504 plan, parents should be thinking about potential changes to the school environment, changes to instruction and changes to how curriculum is presented.

Her son missed school for cancer treatment. Now that he’s in remission, the letter writer worries she’s too involved in managing his anxieties at school.

It meant Erika Bennett would need to get her child enrolled in what is known as a 504 plan. "Well, she has 504 accommodations and that took after a lot of fighting, me to hire an attorney and she ...

ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) –There are plenty of resources to help students with disabilities learn in the classroom, including 504 and IEP plans. Oliver Garner attends Hendy Avenue Elementary School in ...

Examples include giving students a Section 504 plan as a “consolation prize” if they aren’t found to be eligible for IDEA, or requiring parents to pay for a medical diagnosis of ADHD before ...

His charter high school gave him a 504 plan, which offered extra time on tests and the use of a keyboard to type answers and take notes in class. He was also able to avoid filling in bubble sheets.

Male students were almost twice as likely to have a 504-only plan (1.27 percent) compared to female students (0.76 percent). A little less than 1 percent of children in Title I schools, or 0.84 ...