Edited by Dylan J. Wade, Esq.

Regardless of the nature or degree of a student's disability, this essential resource details what it means to provide an equal opportunity to participate in extracurriculars.

You learn the different IDEA and Section 504 mandates as well as key FAPE considerations. Plus, quick-read summaries illustrate compliant and noncompliant district actions -- teaching you valuable dos and don'ts when making decisions related to school dances, afterschool care, athletics and more. Discover how to:

• Identify the steps to ensure that a student with a disability has an equal opportunity to participate
• Apply the participation requirement to field trips, class excursions and other functions outside of school hours
• Spot potential areas of liability for a third party's actions, such as when an interscholastic athletic association engages in disability-based discrimination
• Recognize when modifying an athletic program would "fundamentally alter" the program
• And more!