Research Question: How do kids with 504s and IEPs Get treated in the school system?

I. Introduction

A. Topic: Students with 504 and IEPs get treated and viewed differently in

the school system.

B. Thesis: Students with 504 and IEPs provide more support than other

students, this causes the students to think that the students with these

plans are more privileged than others.

II. Background: The students who receive services under the IDEA increased from 6.5

million, 13% of all the public schools enrollment

C. The numbers for kids with 504s and IEPs have gone up 14% in the year
2020 and 2021’

III. Major Point 1

D. IEP and 504s are not quite the same. IEPs cover students who qualify for
special education and meet all the requirements while the 504 plan is for
kids who don't meet the criteria for special education but still require some
accommodations.

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 a) The good thing about having these plans is that the
student can get the extra help they need and support. The
downside of this is that student gets labeled as having a
disability in order to get the plan

IV Major Point 2

E.

a) Students with 504s and IEPs find it hard to be looked

at as a normal student and treated the same

V Major Point 3

F.

1. Evidence;‌IEP and 504s are not quite the same. IEPs cover

students who qualify for special education and meet all the

requirements while the 504 plan is for kids who don't meet the

criteria for special education but still require some

accommodations.

VI. Counterargument

G. Counterargument: Some surveys show that the number of 504s

and IEPs have gone up 14% since the year 2020 and 2021

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VII. Conclusion
 H. The students without these accommodations should understand that

there are kids with invisible disabilities, and that they have these

accommodations to get the extra help and support they need.

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nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=6. Accessed 25 Oct. 2022.

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