Parent and Educator Resource Guide to Section 504 in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools

U.S. Department of Education

Office for Civil Rights

Catherine E. Lhamon

Assistant Secretary

December 2016

This resource guide is in the public domain. Authorization to reproduce it in whole or in part is granted. The resource guide’s citation should be:

U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Parent and Educator Resource Guide to Section 504 in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools (December 2016).

This resource guide is also available on the Office for Civil Rights’ website at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html. Any updates to this resource guide will be available at this website.

If you need technical assistance, please contact the OCR regional office serving your State or Territory by:

• visiting http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/CFAPPS/OCR/contactus.cfm, or

• calling OCR’s Customer Service Team at 1 800-421-3481; TDD 1-800-877-8339; or

• emailing OCR at ocr@ed.gov.  

Availability of Alternate Formats: Requests for documents in alternate formats such as Braille or large print should be submitted to the Alternate Format Center by calling 202-260-0852 or by contacting the U.S. Department of Education’s Section 508 Coordinator via email at om_eeos@ed.gov.