It is helpful to actually read Section 504. Go to page 45 of this for a readable version:
http://doe.sd.gov/oess/documents/sped_section504_Guidelines.pdfHere are parts (emphasis mine):
Appendix A
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973—
Regulations
34 CFR Chapter 1, Section 104.31
Subpart D—Preschool, Elementary, and Secondary Education
(December 13, 2000)
§ 104.31 Application of this subpart.
Subpart D applies to preschool, elementary, secondary, and adult education programs or
activities that receive Federal financial assistance and to recipients that operate, or that
receive Federal financial assistance for the operation of, such programs or activities.
§ 104.32 Location and notification.
A recipient that operates a public elementary or secondary education program or activity
shall annually:
(a) Undertake to identify and locate every qualified handicapped person residing in the
recipient's jurisdiction who is not receiving a public education; and
(b) Take appropriate steps to notify handicapped persons and their parents or guardians
of the recipient's duty under this subpart.
§ 104.33 Free appropriate public education.
(a) General. A recipient that operates a public elementary or secondary education
program or activity shall provide a free appropriate public education to each qualified
handicapped person who is in the recipient's jurisdiction, regardless of the nature or
severity of the person's handicap.
(b) Appropriate education. (1) For the purpose of this subpart, the provision of an
appropriate education is the provision of regular or special education and related aids
and services that (i) are
designed to meet individual educational needs of handicapped
persons as adequately as the needs of nonhandicapped persons are met and (ii) are
based upon adherence to procedures that satisfy the requirements of §§ 104.34, 104.35,
and 104.36.
(2) Transportation. If a recipient places a handicapped person or refers such person for
aid, benefits, or services not operated or provided by the recipient as its means of
carrying out the requirements of this subpart, the recipient shall ensure that adequate
transportation to and from the aid, benefits, or services is provided at no greater cost than
would be incurred by the person or his or her parents or guardian if the person were
placed in the aid, benefits, or services operated by the recipient.
§ 104.37 Nonacademic services.
(a) General. (1) A recipient to which this subpart applies shall provide non-academic and
extracurricular services and activities in such manner as is necessary to afford
handicapped students an equal opportunity for participation in such services and
activities.
(2) Nonacademic and extracurricular services and activities may include counseling
services, physical recreational athletics,
transportation, health services, recreational
activities, special interest groups or clubs sponsored by the recipients, referrals to
agencies which provide assistance to handicapped persons, and employment of
students, including both employment by the recipient and assistance in making available
outside employment.
(b) Counseling services. A recipient to which this subpart applies that provides personal,
academic, or vocational counseling, guidance, or placement services to its students shall
provide these services without discrimination on the basis of handicap. The recipient shall
ensure that qualified handicapped students are not counseled toward more restrictive
career objectives than are nonhandicapped students with similar interests and abilities.
(c) Physical education and athletics. (1) In providing physical education courses and
athletics and similar aid, benefits, or services to any of its students, a recipient to which
this subpart applies may not discriminate on the basis of handicap. A recipient that offers
physical education courses or that operates or sponsors interscholastic, club, or
intramural athletics shall provide to qualified handicapped students an equal opportunity
for participation.
(2) A recipient may offer to handicapped students physical education and athletic
activities that are separate or different from those offered to nonhandicapped students
only if separation or differentiation is consistent with the requirements of §104.34 and
only if no qualified handicapped student is denied the opportunity to compete for teams or
to participate in courses that are not separate or different.