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  • Office of Civil Rights (OCR)

• Documents

  • 2018 Revised Student Handbook Statement (English)
  • 2018 Revised Student Handbook Statement (Spanish)

• Section 504
   

  Section 504 regulations require a school district to provide a "free appropriate public education" (FAPE) to each qualified student with a disability who is in the school district's jurisdiction.  Section 504 requires districts to provide to students with disabilities appropriate educational services designed to meet the individual needs of such students to the same extent as the needs of students without disabilities are met.  Section 504 is meant to equalize educational opportunities for students with disabilities, not maximize those opportunities.
  
  Section 504 covers qualified students with disabilities who attend schools receiving Federal financial assistance.  To be protected under Section 504, a student must be determined to: (1) have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; or (2) have a record of such an impairment; or (3) be regarded as having such an impairment. Section 504 requires that school districts provide FAPE to qualified students in their jurisdictions.
  
  At TMISD, Section 504 is overseen by the Director of Special Education.  Section 504 meetings are facilitated by the campus counselors. 

  
  Section 504 Counselors
  
  High School
  Lindsey Bowers
  lbowers@tmisd.us
  361-903-6787
  
  Middle School
  Annette Hinojosa
  ahinojosa@tmisd.us
  361-903-6609
  
  Susan Marquez
  smarquez@tmisd.us
  361-903-6608
  
  Intermediate
  Camile Lister
  clister@tmisd.us
  361-903-6557
  
  Shannon Clevenger
  sclevenger@tmisd.us
  361-903-6559
  
  Primary
  Amanda Rodriguez
  arodriguez@tmisd.us
  361-903-6527
  
  Dr. Edith Diaz
  ediaz@tmisd.us
  361-903-6529
  
   

  The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) enforces Section 504 in programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance from the Department of Education.