Law / United States / 
Hawaii
Instructional materials for exceptional children: accessible formats and technology
Haw. Rev. Stat. Sec. 302A-442.5
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding government bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Governance
What it requires
- If you are the department of education, coordinate with the National Instructional Materials Access Center, under the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard the State adopts (section 302A-442.5(b)).
- If you are the department of education, obtain print instructional materials, including digital materials, from the publisher or other source in, or able to be rendered in, the accessible format the eligible student needs, in any adoption process, procurement contract or other purchase practice (section 302A-442.5(c)).
- If the needed accessible format cannot be obtained, you may contract with the publisher to provide the National Instructional Materials Access Center electronic files in the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (section 302A-442.5(c)(1)).
- Give each eligible student accessible instructional materials at the same time the print materials reach the other students in the classroom (section 302A-442.5(e)).
- Provide each eligible student receiving technology mediated instruction with the technology, assistive technology device and assistive technology service needed for it to be accessible to and usable by the student (section 302A-442.5(f)).
- In each eligible student's individualized education program, list the assistive technology device and service the student needs to use accessible instructional materials and technology mediated instruction, and identify and provide the technology the student will use for technology mediated instruction (section 302A-442.5(g)(5) and (7)).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What this law does
The department of education, in any print instructional materials adoption process or procurement contract, must obtain instructional materials from the publisher or other source that are in, or can be rendered in, the appropriate accessible format for the eligible student.
Where the accessible format cannot be obtained, the department may contract with the publisher to provide electronic files in the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard to the National Instructional Materials Access Center. Eligible students must receive accessible instructional materials at the same time the corresponding print materials are provided to all other students in the classroom.
Technology must be provided to each eligible student receiving technology mediated instruction, including any assistive technology device and service needed for the technology to be accessible to and usable by the student. The State adopts the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard, and the department must coordinate with the National Instructional Materials Access Center.
Each eligible student's individualized education program must list any assistive technology device and service the student needs to use accessible instructional materials and technology mediated instruction, and must identify and provide the technology the student will use for technology mediated instruction. Act 254 of 2023 rewrote the section in its current form and took effect on its approval on .
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app serves K-12 schools.
Back to the example · Lint your app
Page updated .
us-hi-haw-rev-stat-sec-302a-442-5