[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR15b.26]

[Page 409-410]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
PART 15b_NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAP IN PROGRAMS OR 
ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart D_Preschool, Elementary, Secondary, Adult, and Extension 
                                Education
 
Sec. 15b.26  Nonacademic services.

    (a) General. (1) Recipients to which this subpart applies shall 
provide nonacademic and extracurricular services and activities in such 
a manner as is necessary to afford handicapped students an equal 
opportunity for participation in such services and activities.

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    (2) Nonacademic and extracurricular services and activities may 
include counseling services, physical education and athletics, food 
services, transportation, health services, recreational activities, 
special interest groups or clubs sponsored by the recipient, referrals 
to agencies which provide assistance to handicapped persons, and 
assistance in obtaining outside employment.
    (b) Counseling services. A recipient to which this subpart applies 
that provides personal, academic, or vocational counseling, guidance, or 
placement services to its students shall provide these services without 
discrimination on the basis of handicap. The recipient shall ensure that 
qualified handicapped students are not counseled toward more restrictive 
career objectives than are nonhandicapped students with similar 
interests and abilities.
    (c) Physical education and athletics. (1) In providing physical 
education courses and athletics and similar aid, benefits, and services 
to any of its students, a recipient to which this subpart applies may 
not discriminate on the basis of handicap. A recipient that offers 
physical education courses or that operates or sponsors interscholastic, 
club, or intramural athletics shall provide to qualified handicapped 
students an equal opportunity for participation.
    (2) A recipient may offer handicapped students physical education 
and athletic activities that are separate or different from those 
offered to nonhandicapped students only if separation or differentiation 
is consistent with requirements of Sec. 15b.23, and only if no 
qualified handicapped student is denied the opportunity to compete for 
teams or to participate in courses that are not separate or different.
    (d) Food services. In providing food services to any of its 
students, a recipient to which this subpart applies may not discriminate 
on the basis of handicap. (1) Recipients shall serve special meals, at 
no extra charge, to students whose handicap restricts their diet. 
Recipients may require students to provide medical certification that 
special meals are needed because of their handicap.
    (2) Where existing food service facilities are not completely 
accessible and usable, recipients may provide aides or use other equally 
effective methods to serve food to handicapped persons. Recipients shall 
provide all food services in the most intergrated setting appropriate to 
the needs of handicapped persons as required by Sec. 15b.23(b).

[47 FR 25470, June 11, 1982, as amended at 68 FR 51343, Aug. 26, 2003]