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OCR generally will not accept complaints about incidents older than 180 days
This OCR Resolution letter should help your district understand their legal responsibilities under Section 504.
I'll put in citations later, but a found numerous cases stating that a school district cannot require parents to waive liability (and presumably also agree to indemnify the school) for administering any medication (e.g. EpiPens) that it is required to do under a 504 Plan.
From notnutty's tip thread 10/11/2007
17. That section of the 504 law, combined with Title II of ADA provides good support all the way through the college years; see OCR's Q&A for some interesting information: [url]http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/qa-disability.html[/url]
In §504, the focus is on non-discrimination. As applied to the schools, the language broadly prohibits the denial of public education participation, or enjoyment of the benefits offered by public school programs because of a child’s disability. To encourage compliance, Congress did not create an additional source of federal funding, but instead, conditioned future receipt of federal funds on the district’s compliance with the new requirements."
The coordinator seemed shocked during our conversation that the plan wasn't being followed.