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Section 504: A Practical Guide

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Last Date to Register: 2/17/2023 12:01 AM
Last Date to Cancel: 2/18/2023 12:01 AM
Agency: CESA 2
Agency Contact: Ted Noll
Agency Assistant: Kayla Barr 262-473-1473
Location: CESA 2 - Whitewater
1221 Innovation Drive
Whitewater, WI 53190
Facility: Room 111
Date/Time:
2/21/2023 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Price: $100.00

Practical and Useful Information for those Managing Section 504 Obligations in their School Districts.

 

Description: In this comprehensive Section 504 training, Renae Aldana will provide practical guidance regarding 504 eligibility, role of outside professionals and medical diagnoses, standards for providing FAPE, 504 plan development, participation in extracurricular activities and more. The training includes analysis of the most challenging Section 504 issues and discussion of participants’ specific questions throughout.

Cost: $100. CESA 2 "Dialogue With Attorney" districts will receive one free registration.

 

Presenter: Renae Aldana, Attorney - Buikema Olson & Vliet, LLC

About the Presenter: With 25 years of experience, Renae represents public school districts in matters regarding the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and related state law. She provides counsel in all areas of special education, throughout identification, evaluation, IEP, mediation and litigation processes. She has successfully represented school districts in hundreds of special education mediations, special education due process requests and hearings, Section 504 mediations and hearings, DPI and OCR investigations, and U.S. federal district court and 7th Circuit Court of Appeals cases. She previously served as a mediator, IEP facilitator and trainer for the Wisconsin Special Education Mediation System and as an adjunct professor of education law at the Marquette University Law School. She is a Wisconsin School Attorneys Association Past President and Board member and a frequent presenter at state and national conferences.

 


 


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