What's the difference between Section 504 and IDEA for AI accommodation tools?
Section 504 is a broad civil-rights nondiscrimination statute covering any student with a disability that substantially limits a major life activity, while IDEA is a funding statute with specific procedural rights (IEPs, evaluations, due process) for students…
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Section 504 is a broad civil-rights nondiscrimination statute covering any student with a disability that substantially limits a major life activity, while IDEA is a funding statute with specific procedural rights (IEPs, evaluations, due process) for students who qualify for special education — IDEA is narrower and more procedurally demanding. An AI accommodation tool must respect whichever framework governs, and often both. Planisphere measures the tool's behaviour; the eligibility and procedural determinations stay with the school, and this is not legal advice.
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