SAVE THE DATE:
Our Fall 504 training will be October 21st, 8a-12:30p (includes two 15 minute breaks). You need to register in Performance Matters, Fall 2020-504 Training
The training will be via webex, in Josh’s room: https://bls.webex.com/meet/josh.marks
We will have Winston Cornwall from ODE here to share information about Section 504 and answer questions. This should be considered a required training.
It will include some question/answer opportunities, some breakouts and polling, as well as a wide range of topics, some of which are listed below:
Topics include:
Protections under Section 504
Physical/Mental Impairments & Major Bodily Functions
Major Life Activities
504 Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
Health Plans vs. Section 504 Plans
Medical Professionals
Medical Diagnoses
COVID-19 & 504 Protections
Extracurricular & Nonacademic Activities
Disciplinary Issues
ADHD & ADD
Dyslexia
Transfer students
Post-Secondary Transition
Disability Harassment
Keys in Today’s 504/Title II (ADA)
Three main things to remember for this school year on:
1. All HS Senior plans MUST be renewed throughout the school year. No exceptions
2. As of this school year, ALL plans must be completed by May 30th. Plan accordingly if you have end of the year obligations/events you need to participate in
One exception: You have an initial to create.
3. All concurrent plans must be renewed until the IEP is active (IEP icon is on, plan is being used)
The Re-evaluation check
Make sure to check the date of your student’s review/re-evaluation each time you start to do a plan. Why?
Synergy may not automatically move the session into the re-evaluation process if the dates are close to one another (or the re-eval was due earlier in the year).
(It’s looking pretty rare with our new setting, but be prepared by checking dates – in yellow)
If you end up doing a review when a re-eval is the one really due, the re-eval will roll into place immediately after finalizing the review and your portfolio will continue to show the student in red even though you just had a meeting for the renewal. You’ll then have to do the re-eval session.