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Basic instructional materials: legible print, closed captioning, and Section 508 accessibility of internet resources and digital multimedia programs
Cal. Education Code section 60061.8
In force since .
A procurement conditions rule binding private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Conformance standard
- US Section 508 standards
What it requires
- If you publish or manufacture basic instructional materials offered on or after , use sharp, clear, high contrast and highly legible fonts in print materials, with fonts of at least 20 point for kindergarten, 18 point for grade 1 and 16 point for grade 2 (Educ. Code 60061.8(a)(1)).
- Closed-caption video products designed for pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, as closed captioning is defined by the Federal Communications Commission, except video products or portions of them for which you do not have the rights to close-caption and those that are open-captioned (Educ. Code 60061.8(a)(2)).
- Make internet resources and digital multimedia programs intended for use by the general population of pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12 meet at least the accessibility standards of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Part 1194 of Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations, unless meeting them would fundamentally alter the nature of the instructional activity, place an undue financial and administrative burden on the state agencies, school districts or schools that would likely access them (as determined by the affected agencies in collaboration with the publishers), or cause them to fail to meet standards otherwise required by statute or regulation (Educ. Code 60061.8(a)(3)(A)).
- To the extent technologically feasible, let the user of a digital multimedia program control the sizing of images and fonts, the speed and volume of audio, colors or contrast, and other inherently transformable attributes, without modifying the content; if you cannot create a program that does so, provide the State Department of Education, upon request, computer files or other electronic versions of the textual content of basic instructional materials compatible with braille transcription, meeting the department's specifications, at no additional cost and as a condition of sale (Educ. Code 60061.8(a)(3)(B)).
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What this law does
Education Code section 60061.8(a) applies to basic instructional materials, as defined by section 60010, offered on or after . Section 60061.8(a)(1) requires print materials to have sharp, clear, high contrast, and highly legible fonts, and requires print materials designed for kindergarten to use fonts of at least 20 point, for grade 1 at least 18 point, and for grade 2 at least 16 point.
Section 60061.8(a)(2) requires video products designed for pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12 to be closed-captioned, as defined by the Federal Communications Commission, except video products or portions of video products for which the publisher does not have the rights to close-caption and those that are open-captioned.
Section 60061.8(a)(3)(A) requires internet resources and digital multimedia programs intended for use by the general population of pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12 to at least meet the accessibility standards of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Part 1194 of Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations, unless meeting those standards would fundamentally alter the nature of the instructional activity, place an undue financial and administrative burden on the state agencies, school districts or schools that would likely access or use the resources or programs, or cause them to fail to meet standards otherwise required by statute or regulation.
Section 60061.8(a)(3)(B) requires, to the extent technologically feasible, a digital multimedia program to allow the user to control sizing of images and fonts, speed and volume of audio, colors or contrast, and other inherently transformable attributes, and requires a publisher that cannot create such a program to provide the State Department of Education, upon request, with computer files or other electronic versions of the textual content of basic instructional materials compatible with braille transcription, at no additional cost and as a condition of sale.
Section 60061.8(b) provides that the section does not apply to basic instructional materials adopted by the state board before , to the extent those materials do not already comply with the section. Section 60061.8 was last amended by Statutes 2004, chapter 183, effective .
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