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Serves colleges and universities, in Arkansas

Social media accounts of current and prospective students and employees of institutions of higher educationin force3 lines

Ark. Code Ann. sec. 6-60-104 (Act 998 of 2013) · Read the law's page

  • If you are a public or private institution that provides postsecondary education or training, do not require, request, suggest or cause a current or prospective student or employee to disclose the username and password to a personal social media account (Ark. Code Ann. sec. 6-60-104(b)(1)).
  • Do not require, request, suggest or cause a current or prospective student, as a condition of acceptance in curricular or extracurricular activities, to add an employee or volunteer of the institution to the contacts of a social media account or to change the account's privacy settings (sec. 6-60-104(b)(2)).
  • Do not take action against, threaten, or penalize a current student, or refuse to admit or hire a prospective employee or student, for exercising those rights (sec. 6-60-104(c)).
Electronic versions of printed and nonprinted instructional materials that publishers provide to institutions of higher education for students with disabilitiesin force4 lines

Ark. Code Ann. secs. 6-68-101 to 6-68-104 and 6-68-108 (Act 758 of 2001) · Read the law's page

  • If you publish or manufacture printed instructional materials for students attending an institution of higher education in Arkansas, provide the accredited institution, on a written request that meets the Act's certification conditions, any printed instructional material in an electronic format mutually agreed upon with the school, at no additional cost and in a timely manner (Ark. Code Ann. sec. 6-68-102).
  • Make the computer files or electronic versions maintain the structural integrity of the printed instructional material, be compatible with commonly used braille translation and speech synthesis software, and include corrections and revisions as may be necessary (Ark. Code Ann. sec. 6-68-102).
  • Where good faith efforts fail to produce an agreement on an electronic format, provide the instructional material in ASCII text and preserve as much of the structural integrity of the printed instructional material as possible (Ark. Code Ann. sec. 6-68-101(6)(B)).
  • If you publish or manufacture nonprinted instructional materials for students attending an accredited institution of higher education in Arkansas, provide computer files or other electronic versions of them on the same conditions, when technology is available to convert them to a format that maintains their structural integrity and is compatible with braille translation and speech synthesis software (Ark. Code Ann. sec. 6-68-104).

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