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ORS 337.511 to 337.524, instructional materials in alternative formats · Read the law's page

• If you publish or manufacture instructional material used by students at an Oregon post-secondary education institution, give the institution the material in an electronic format when it sends a written request, signed by its disability services representative, the Commission for the Blind or the Department of Human Services, that certifies the student's print disability (ORS 337.517(1) to (3)).
• Send the electronic format within 15 working days of the request, or within that time certify the expected date of delivery and the basis of an undue burden (ORS 337.517(6)).
• Do not charge the institution for the electronic format beyond the cost of shipping and handling at ordinary commercial media rates (ORS 337.517(3)).
• Make every reasonable effort to keep the structural integrity of the original, keep the material compatible with commonly used speech synthesis and Braille translation software, and include necessary corrections and revisions (ORS 337.517(4)).

ORS 350.272, 350.274 · Read the law's page

• Do not require, request or otherwise compel a student or prospective student to disclose or provide access to a personal social media account through a user name and password, password or other means of authentication that provides access (ORS 350.272(1)(a)).
• Do not require, request or otherwise compel a student or prospective student to access a personal social media account in the presence of an administrator or other employee in a manner that lets that person observe its contents (ORS 350.272(1)(b)).
• Do not discipline, threaten to discipline or bar from curricular or extracurricular activities a student or prospective student for refusing to do either, and do not refuse to admit a prospective student for refusing (ORS 350.272(1)(c), (d)).
• If the institution obtains a student's user name, password or other means of authentication for a social media account through its policies governing the use of its equipment or computer networks, do not use the information obtained without the student's voluntary consent (ORS 350.272(3)).
• The bar does not stop an investigation based on specific information about activity on a personal account, and a student's cooperation in it does not include providing the user name, password or other means of authentication (ORS 350.272(2)(a), (b)).
• The section does not reach kindergarten, elementary or secondary schools, or social media accounts intended solely for educational purposes or created and provided by the institution with advance notice that the account may be monitored at any time (ORS 350.272(4), (5)(a)).