Commonwealth of Massachusetts Special Education AppealsIssue: Whether Mystic Valley must adopt a policy that establishes a classroom free of peanut and tree nut products as a reasonable accommodation under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, (hereinafter, Section 504) for Student in order to address the life threatening nature of his disability?
NEW:The TRIGGER project has been created by filmmaker Grace Farah, an Australian mother of a seven-year-old with severe food allergies. She hopes all parents, teachers, and community members will learn about the danger by watching the film. View the film atwww.triggerallergy.com.
Model language for a school board resolution to provide healthy beverages at (and ban soda from) schools (from the Los Angeles Unified School District)
CSPI's School Foods Tool Kit provides how to's, model materials and policies, and examples of what other states and communities are doing to improve school foods.
ELLIE GOLDBERG, M.Ed. is an education and environmental health advocate for healthy children, safe schools and sustainable communities – clean water, clean air, clean energy and safe food. Inspired by the legacy of Rachel Carson, who taught that our health and security is intimately connected to the quality of our environment, Ellie is active in public health, environmental, educational and public policy organizations working to increase citizen engagement, government accountability and corporate responsibility on behalf of children and their healthy development.
