Can an adult get a 504 plan? A teacher friend of mind has high blood pressure which has proven to be drug resistant. Can she get a 504 plan requiring that she not be given a certain non-teaching duty that she presently has. This is a stressful duty that her doctor does not want her to continue doing.

A 504 plan is basically a plan for mainstreaming students who were previously in special education. So I don't see how that applies here at all.

If her doctor can certify that she is unable to perform the duties of her current job, she can apply for a different position or maybe get disability.

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gophers1 (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/members/gophers1.html) disagrees: If the school receives federal funding of any kind, section 504 applies.


Can you expand on this further? According to my research Section 504 is a part of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, used to make sure that a disabled person can participate in federally funded programs. Its primarily geared towards making sure that disabled students can get schooled. So I really don't see how this can be applied towards preventing someone from being given certain duties.

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gophers1 (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/members/gophers1.html) disagrees: If the school recieves federal funding of any kind, section 504 applies.


Can you expand on this further? According to my research Section 504 is a part of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, used to make sure that a disabled person can participate in federally funded programs. Its primarily geared towards making sure that disabled students can get schooled. So I really don't see how this can be applied towards preventing someone from being given certain duties.



Right, this has been posted before - I don't recall that the protection extends to employees. I thought it pretty much made all students equal.

I'd be curious to see the quote.