Section 504
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) is a civil rights statute that prohibits discrimination/harassment on the basis of a disability in any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. In particular, Section 504 provides that:
No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States...shall, solely by reason of her or his disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance....
29 U.S.C. § 794(a) (1973).
The Section 504 Coordinator for the Conecuh County Board of Education is Rita E. Young, Conecuh County Schools
1455 Ted Bates Road
Evergreen, Alabama, 36401
Telephone: 251-578-7074
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