Special Education Law: 504 Plans From Start to Finish

Agenda / Content Covered

3:00 - 4:30, Timothy E.. Gilsbach

1. What Constitutes a Disability?
2. Navigating Section 504 Eligibility Requirements
3. Practical Guidance for Conducting an Evaluation
4. Providing Accommodations: Ensuring Legal Best Practices
5. Differentiating IEPs vs. 504 Plans
6. Developing and Implementing Legally Compliant 504 Plans (With Examples)
7. Communicating With and Involving Parents: Why It Matters
8. 504 Plan Modifications: What You Need to Know
9. Case Law Update

Accreditation Details:

Timothy E Gilsbach is an attorney with Fox Rothschild LLP, where he practices education and employment law. He has represented school districts, intermediate units, and charter schools for more than a decade in special education matters, from providing guidance to attending IEP meetings to litigating special education matters at administrative due process hearings and appeals through the federal courts. Mr. Gilsbach also advised school entities on a wide area of other student related issues and employment issues. He also advises both public and private employers on issues related to employee use of medical marijuana. He is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law and Messiah College.