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Section 504 brought the language of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] As a law that fell within the office of Health, Education, and Welfare , this was an unlikely place for a social justice provision, yet inserting such a rights clause happened without fanfare.
The 504 Sit-in was a disability rights protest that began on April 5, 1977. People with disabilities and the disability community occupied federal buildings in the United States in order to push the issuance of long-delayed regulations regarding Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Long title: An Act to replace the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, to extend and revise the authorization of grants to States for vocational rehabilitation services, with special emphasis on services to those with the most severe disabilities, to expand special Federal responsibilities and research and training programs with respect to individuals with disabilities ...
Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act guaranteed civil rights for disabled people in the context of federally funded institutions or any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. It required accommodations in affected schools for disabled people including access to buildings and structures and improved integration into ...
The Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) is a federal agency under the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, [5] and is headquartered within the Department of Education in Washington, D.C. [3] [6] It was established to administer portions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. [2]
As a result, state public education programs became subject to federal non-discrimination requirements. However, Section 504 only requires that the school in question develop a "plan" (often called a "504 Plan") for the child, unlike an Individualized Education Program, or IEP, which tends to generate a more in-depth, actionable document. [20]
[citation needed] If a student in special education attends university upon graduation, they are no longer "children with disabilities" under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 and are instead protected under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (in 34 CFR 100, 101), Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 (in 34 C.F.R. 106), Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (in 28 CFR 35), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (in 34 C.F.R. 104, 105), the Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act (in 34 C.F.R. 108), and