aeh- thank you for clarifying. I guess the question arose in the training session about private high schools and private colleges. Some private high schools (including my DSs private high school) think they can retain the right to decide which students can have an extended time and/or a foreign language exemption on a case by case basis. DS private high school also mandates NP and psychoeducational be no older than 4 years old. DS has practiced effective self-advocacy skills in gaining in-classroom tablet accommodations and extended time was recently approved, but the foreign language exemption still remains elusive for DS.

From what I understand there are still many colleges that "reserve the right on a case by case basis" to decide on accommodations and a 504 written before high school would help smooth that transition should some bumps arise.