Siuslaw Special Education and Section 504
Special Education Programs (IDEA)
The Siuslaw Special Education Department strives to create inclusive, responsive programs to address the needs of students with disabilities who are on Individual Education Plans, as outlined under The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Special Education: Parents Rights Procedural Safeguards
Special Education Parent's Rights Procedural Safeguard booklet, English
Special Education Parent's Rights Procedural Safeguards booklet, Spanish
Other language versions are available on the ODE website at the following link:
Procedural Safeguards Notice Parent Rights for Special Education K-21
Special Education Topic Links:
Special Education Referral & Eligibility
Restraint and Seclusion Policy and Reporting
Link to access the Siuslaw SD handbook for procedural information:
Siuslaw SD 97J Special Education Guidebook version 2024-25
Section 504 ADA
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a federal civil rights statute, which provides that:
“No otherwise qualified individual with disabilities in the United States…shall solely by reason of his/her disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance or activity conducted by any Executive agency or by the United States Postal Service.” 29USC704.
Section 504 Plan: Parents Rights Procedural Safeguards
For a copy of the current Procedural Safeguards Notice Parent Rights booklet, all language versions are available on the ODE website at the following link:
Section 504 Procedural Safeguards/Parent Rights Notice
Section 504 Handbook- ODE Handbook
Section 504 Compliance Manager: Special Programs Director Lisa Utz
On-Site Section 504 Coordinators:
Siuslaw Elementary School: Counselor Patrick Peters
Siuslaw Middle School: Counselors Parma Roe and Brandi Bailey
Siuslaw High School: Special Programs, Lisa Utz
For more information, please read about Section 504 on the Oregon Department of Education's website: Section 504
Links to great websites:
Universal Design for Learning: CAST