Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act requires which of the following?

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Section 504 ensures that people with disabilities have equal access to programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance, which means the facilities used for those programs must be accessible so everyone can participate. The choice describing that government buildings must be made handicap accessible aligns with this idea: if a government program or activity is funded by the federal government, the building housing that program should be accessible to individuals with disabilities so they can participate. The other statements are too broad or not the main requirement of this law—for example, it doesn’t mandate all public spaces to be accessible in general, nor does it require every government building to be accessible in every context, and it doesn’t require schools to publish accessibility policies as a blanket rule.