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Separate is not equal
Allowed for parents of students with disabilities to contend their students were not receiving adequate education
Challenged segregation in education
Proved they were denied equal education opportunities
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Section 504 is a part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 that prohibits discrimination based upon disability. Section 504 is an anti-discrimination, civil rights statute that requires the needs of students with disabilities to be met as adequately as the needs of the non-disabled are met.
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Students were not making adequate academic progress
Students with moderate to severe needs were not being addressed
Accommodations were not being made in the general education classrooms
Adequate collaboration was not being achieved
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services were extended to infants, toddlers, and preschool children aged 3
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The response to intervention process was introduced within the 2004 re-authorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA). While it is not introduced as a part of the law, it was presented within regulatory notes as a method to help identify students with specific learning disabilities.
