How does Section 504 prevent discrimination against students with disabilities?
Under the provisions of Section 504, universities and colleges may not: • Limit the number of students with disabilities that they admit; • Make preadmission inquiries as to whether an applicant has a disability; • Use admissions tests or criteria that inadequately measure the academic qualifications of disabled students because adjustments were not made for them; • Exclude a qualified student with a disability from any course of study for which he or she meets required academicand technical standards; • Limit the eligibility of students with disabilities for financial assistance or otherwise discriminate in administering scholarships, fellowships, internships, or assistantships on the basis of disability; • Counsel students with disabilities toward more restrictive careers than students without disabilities; • Measure student achievement using instruments that adversely discriminate against students with disabilities due to their disabilities; or • Establish rules and policies that ma
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