In compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Traverse City Area Public Schools will not discriminate against individuals on the basis of handicap in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs and activities.

It is the policy of the Board of Education to identify, evaluate, and provide a free appropriate public education to students who have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity and are handicapped within the meaning of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Due process rights of handicapped students and their parents under Section 504 will be enforced.

April 1997