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Section 504 & Service Animals

Section 504

Section 504 is part of a federal civil rights law known as the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.  This law specifically prohibits discrimination against students with disabilities and guarantees them a free and appropriate public education (FAPE).  Discrimination, as defined in Section 504, is the failure to provide students with disabilities the same opportunity to benefit from education programs, services, or activities as provided to their non-disabled peers.  Therefore, schools cannot exclude students with disabilities from facilities, programs, benefits, activities, or services that are provided to students without disabilities. Schools must make sure that all students receive equal access to educational opportunities.

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Service Animals

Persons with disabilities have the same right as those without disabilities to the use and enjoyment of facilities in the Baldwin County Public School System.  As required by federal and state law, an individual with a disability is permitted to be accompanied by his/her service animal on school property, subject to the conditions of the service animals policy as adopted by the Baldwin County Board of Education on October 20, 2016. Furthermore, individuals with disabilities are permitted to be accompanied by their service animals in all areas of a public entity’s facilities where members of the public, participants in services, programs, or activities, or invitees, as relevant, are allowed to go. 

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