Gardner
Public Schools
70 Waterford Street Gardner, MA 01440 Telephone (978) 632-1000 FAX
(978) 632-1164
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Section 504
Staff Responsibilities
Section
504 Coordinator:
- Coordinate district
efforts to comply with Section 504 regulations including training of
administrative staff
- Assures publication of
Child Find Notice and distributes copy for posting at all district sites
- Reviews 504 Evaluation
Summary if proposed accommodations require resources beyond the school
level
- Receives and reviews a
copy of all Section 504 Plans
- Accepts and reviews
Section 504 complaints, organizes and conducts investigations, and
attempts to resolve any concerns/complaints
- Organizes district
response to any complaint filed with the Office of Civil Rights
Principal:
- Coordinates school
efforts to comply with Section 504 regulations, including training of
school staff
- Assures posting of
Child Find Notice annually
- Oversight over Guidance
and Building staff to ensure that all Section 504 requirements are met
- Reviews all Section 504
Plans annually
- Ensures that 504 Plans
are shared with all staff
Guidance
Counselor:
- Establishes school 504
Teams and serves as chairperson of Teams
- Guides 504 referral,
evaluation and service delivery process
- Consults with District
504 Coordinator as needed
- Forwards a copy of each
504 Plan to District 504 Coordinator
- Maintains a master list
of those students with 504 Plans, including name, grade, major life
activity area impacted, annual review date, and projected reevaluation
date
- Accepts and reviews school
504 complaints, organizes and conducts investigations, and attempts to
resolve any complaints/concerns
- Ensures that Summary of
Performance Upon Completion of School is completed upon student graduation
or aging out
Building
Staff:
- Attend Section 504
training at the school level
- Initiate the Teachers
Assisting Students in the Classroom (TASC) process as needed
- Serve as a 504 Team
member when appropriate as determined by the 504 Team chairperson
- Implement
accommodations of 504 Plan(s)