Duty LXD-8568
Serves colleges and universities, in Texas
Texas publisher or manufacturer duty to give an institution of higher education an electronic copy of instructional material for blind and visually impaired students and students with dyslexiasince 4 lines
Tex. Educ. Code sec. 51.970 · Read the law's page
- If you publish or manufacture instructional material written and published primarily for postsecondary instruction that an institution of higher education assigns for a course and that is required or essential for a student's success in the course, give the institution, on its request, a copy of the material in an electronic format not later than the 15th business day after you receive the request (Tex. Educ. Code sec. 51.970(b) and (c)).
- Make the electronic copy a format that contains all of the information in the material, including any text, sidebar, table of contents, chapter headings and subheadings, footnotes, index, glossary and bibliography, that you and the institution have approved, and that is compatible with commonly used Braille translation and speech synthesis software (Tex. Educ. Code sec. 51.970(f)(1)).
- Include in the electronic copy any correction or revision available when you provide it (Tex. Educ. Code sec. 51.970(f)(2)).
- If you and the institution cannot agree on a format, provide the copy in a format that a word processing application can read and that contains as much of the material as is practicable (Tex. Educ. Code sec. 51.970(g)).
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board rules on electronic copies of instructional material for blind and visually impaired students and students with dyslexia at public institutions of higher educationsince 5 lines
19 Tex. Admin. Code secs. 4.201 to 4.206 · Read the law's page
- If you publish or manufacture instructional material that a public institution of higher education assigns for a course and identifies as required or essential for a student's success, give the institution, on its request, a copy of the material in an electronic format not later than the 15th business day after you receive the request or after the material is published, whichever comes later (19 Tex. Admin. Code sec. 4.206(a)).
- Make each electronic copy contain all of the information in the instructional material in a format you and the institution have approved, compatible with commonly used Braille translation and speech synthesis software, and include any correction or revision available when you provide it (19 Tex. Admin. Code sec. 4.206(d)(1)).
- If you and the institution cannot agree on a format, provide the copy in a format that a word processing application can read and that contains as much of the material as is practicable (19 Tex. Admin. Code sec. 4.206(d)(2)).
- If you deliver the copy with electronic security measures such as encryption, make sure the measures do not interfere with access for the institution or the student who requested the material (19 Tex. Admin. Code sec. 4.206(h)).
- If you are an institution of higher education, certify in each request that either the institution or the student has purchased a printed copy for each blind or visually impaired student or student with dyslexia who will use the specialized material, have the person with primary responsibility for services for students with disabilities or that person's designee sign it, and include all available identifying information such as the ISBN number (19 Tex. Admin. Code sec. 4.206(b)).
Texas career school and college student information: solicitation, disclosure and use offensesince 1 line
Tex. Educ. Code sec. 132.024 · Read the law's page
- Do not solicit, disclose, receive or use the identifying information of a prospective, current or former student of a career school or college, such as a student's name, address, telephone number, social security number, e-mail address, date of birth or education records, and do not authorize, permit, participate in or acquiesce in another person's use of it, unless Subchapter F of Labor Code chapter 301, subpart D of part 99 of title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or a commission rule permits it (Tex. Educ. Code sec. 132.024(a) and (c)).