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Serves colleges and universities, in Washington
Washington publisher duty to give institutions of higher education instructional materials in electronic format for students with print access disabilitiesin force5 lines
RCW 28B.10.916; chapter 356, Laws of 2011 · Read the law's page
- This binds an individual, firm, partnership or corporation that publishes or manufactures instructional materials for students attending a public or private institution of higher education in Washington (RCW 28B.10.916(1)).
- If you publish or manufacture instructional materials used by students at a Washington institution of higher education, provide the materials to the institution, on its written request, in an electronic format that you and the institution mutually agree on, at no additional cost and in a timely manner (RCW 28B.10.916(1)).
- Provide computer files or electronic versions of printed instructional materials; caption video materials or accompany them with transcriptions of spoken text; and accompany audio materials with transcriptions (RCW 28B.10.916(1)).
- Maintain the structural order of the material, identifying headings, lists and tables with current markup and tools; if you and the institution cannot agree on a format that preserves structural integrity, provide the material in verified and valid HTML and preserve as much of the structural integrity as possible (RCW 28B.10.916(6)(c)).
- You may require the request to include the student's signed statement that the student will use the specialized format solely for the student's own educational purposes and will not copy or duplicate it for others (RCW 28B.10.916(3)).
Postsecondary educational institutions: complainant and witness identity in sexual misconduct findings kept in an employee's personnel filein force2 lines
RCW 28B.112.070(2); chapter 335, Laws of 2020 · Read the law's page
- This binds public institutions of higher education, degree-granting institutions, private vocational schools and schools under RCW 18.16.020 that participate in the state student financial aid program (RCW 28B.112.040 and 28B.112.070).
- When you disclose records from an employee's personnel file or employment records that contain substantiated findings of sexual misconduct, keep the personal identifying information of the complainant and any witnesses confidential, unless the complainant or witnesses agree to disclosure or the law requires it (RCW 28B.112.070(2)(b)).