Report sheds light on number of students with 504 plans

About 433,980 students in 7,000 school districts were reported to have 504 plans outlining the accommodations they need to be on equal academic footing with their classmates, data released Tuesday by the Education Department show. The statistics were from the 2009-10 school year and represent the largest reporting of such information to date. Education Week/On Special Education blog (3/6)  http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2012/03/new_data_collected_by_the.html