Law / United States / 
Georgia
Board of Regents, study of postsecondary textbooks in alternative formats for students with disabilities
In force.
An accessibility requirements rule binding government bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
What it requires
- If you are the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, direct a study of the practical problems involved in obtaining and producing textbooks and other instructional materials in alternative formats for students with disabilities (Code Section 20-3-85).
- Work, in cooperation with the Technical College System of Georgia, students with disabilities, disability organizations and advocates, publishers, federal and state agencies, colleges and universities outside the board, university and college presses, counterparts in other states and other interested persons, toward a system or clearing-house for sharing postsecondary texts in alternative formats while protecting the intellectual property rights of publishers (Code Section 20-3-85).
- Report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding progress toward that system or clearing-house (Code Section 20-3-85).
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What this law does
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia must direct a study of the practical problems involved in obtaining and producing textbooks and other instructional materials in alternative formats for students with disabilities.
The board must work toward a system or clearing-house for sharing postsecondary texts in alternative formats while protecting the intellectual property rights of publishers, in cooperation with the Technical College System of Georgia, students with disabilities, publishers and the other persons the section names. The board must report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding progress toward this goal.
The General Assembly found in 2002 that students with disabilities, colleges, universities and publishers would benefit from cooperative development of a system for sharing those texts produced in alternative formats. Senate Bill 435 of 2008 renamed the Department of Technical and Adult Education as the Technical College System of Georgia and replaced the old name with the new one in this section.
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