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Minnesota
Continuing education accessibility: courses and materials must be made available to persons with disabilities on request
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 state, a political subdivision of the state, the University of Minnesota or the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, make a continuing education or professional development course, offering, material or activity that you approve or administer available to a person with a disability who asks for it, within a reasonable time and in a manner consistent with state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination against persons with disabilities (Minn. Stat. 363A.43, subd. 1).
- Make reasonable modifications in the policies, practices and procedures that would otherwise deny equal access to continuing education or professional development to individuals with disabilities (Minn. Stat. 363A.43, subd. 1).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What this law does
Section 363A.43 requires the state, its political subdivisions, the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to make a continuing education or professional development course, offering, material or activity that they approve or administer available to persons with disabilities on request, within a reasonable time.
A violation of section 363A.43 is subject to a penalty of $500 per violation, payable by the public entity or by the entity offering the course, material or activity under a contract with a public entity. Section 363A.43 took effect on .
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