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Iowa special education rules on the purchase of print instructional materials: written publisher contract requiring NIMAS files for NIMAC or specialized formats
Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-41.210(3)(a) (special education purchase of print instructional materials)
In force since .
A procurement conditions rule binding public and private bodies.
- Instrument type
- a regulation made under an act
- Obligation class
- Contract terms
What it requires
- If you are an area education agency, a local educational agency or any other public agency in Iowa that purchases print instructional materials, enter into a written contract with the publisher, as part of any adoption process, procurement contract or other practice or instrument used for purchase, that either requires the publisher to provide the National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC), on or before delivery, with electronic files of the materials' contents in the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS), or purchases materials produced in, or able to be rendered in, specialized formats (281 IAC 41.210(3)(a)).
- If you publish print instructional materials sold to an area education agency, a local educational agency or any other public agency in Iowa, provide NIMAC, on or before delivery, with electronic files of the materials' contents in NIMAS, or supply materials produced in, or able to be rendered in, specialized formats, as the written contract the agency must enter into requires (281 IAC 41.210(3)(a)).
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What this law does
Rule 281-41.210(3)(a) of the Iowa Administrative Code requires an area education agency, a local educational agency or any other public agency to enter into a written contract with the publisher of print instructional materials as part of any adoption process, procurement contract or other practice or instrument used for purchase.
The contract must either require the publisher to provide the National Instructional Materials Access Center, on or before delivery of the print instructional materials, with electronic files of their contents in the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard, or purchase instructional materials from the publisher that are produced in, or may be rendered in, specialized formats. The State Board of Education rescinded Chapter 41 and adopted a new chapter with the same title. The rules took effect on .
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