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Arkansas
Institution guidelines and request centers for electronic instructional materials for students with disabilities
Ark. Code Ann. secs. 6-68-105 and 6-68-107 (Act 758 of 2001)
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An accessibility requirements rule binding public and private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Governance
What it requires
- If you are an accredited postsecondary institution in Arkansas, or a center, that requests electronic versions of instructional material for students with disabilities under the Act, adopt guidelines consistent with the Act for implementing and administering the requests (Ark. Code Ann. sec. 6-68-107).
- In the guidelines, address which materials are deemed required or essential to student success, the availability of technology for converting nonprinted materials and mathematics and science materials, and the procedures and standards for distributing files and materials (sec. 6-68-107(1) to (3)).
- If you establish a request center, submit requests for instructional material through the center, which transmits each request to the publisher or manufacturer with the appropriate certification (sec. 6-68-105(b)(1)).
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Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Failure to comply is an act of discrimination under Ark. Code Ann. sec. 16-123-107(a)(2) (Ark. Code Ann. sec. 6-68-108).
What this law does
Under Act 758 of 2001, an institution of higher education means any accredited postsecondary education institution, college or university in Arkansas. An institution of higher education or a center that requests instructional material under the Act must adopt guidelines consistent with the Act for its implementation and administration. The guidelines must address which materials are deemed required or essential to student success.
The guidelines must address the availability of technology for converting nonprinted materials and mathematics and science materials. The guidelines must address the procedures and standards relating to distribution of files and materials. The president of an institution may, alone or with others, establish centers to process requests for electronic versions of instructional materials.
If a center is established, the student and the institution must submit requests for instructional material to the center, which transmits each request to the publisher or manufacturer with the appropriate certification. If a center is established, a publisher or manufacturer is required to honor and respond only to requests submitted through a designated center. In the Arkansas Code, section 6-68-105 holds the request centers and section 6-68-107 the guidelines.
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