Fact · Accessibility and health
Under Section 504, a college that receives federal money must modify its academic requirements where needed so they do not discriminate against students with disabilities.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“A recipient to which this subpart applies shall make such modifications to its academic requirements as are necessary to ensure that such requirements do not discriminate or have the effect of discriminating”
34 CFR 104.44: Academic adjustments, Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School (text of the Code of Federal Regulations), n.d., 34 CFR 104.44(a).
Open the original- What it measures
- The regulation applies to postsecondary recipients of federal financial assistance. The disability services office is where the college applies this rule for each student.
- What it does not show
- A college may refuse a modification that it can show is essential to the instruction or a licensing requirement. Each request is judged on its facts.