Instructional material contracts: reproduction right and electronic formats for students with visual impairment

Contracts with publishers, NMSA 1978, Sec. 22-15-13(D) and (E)

In force since 17 Jun 2011.

A procurement conditions rule binding private bodies.

Obligation class: Contract terms

What it requires

If you contract with the New Mexico Public Education Department to sell instructional material, expect the contract to give the department the right to transcribe and reproduce the material in media appropriate for students with visual impairment who cannot use conventional print (NMSA 1978, Sec. 22-15-13(D)).
If you publish an adopted textbook, provide it to the department or its designated agent, within the time the department specifies, in the electronic format the department specifies that is readily translatable into braille and can also be used for large print or speech access (NMSA 1978, Sec. 22-15-13(D)).
If your instructional material is on the department's multiple list, provide it in both written and electronic formats (NMSA 1978, Sec. 22-15-13(E)).

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Each contract for the acquisition of instructional material must include the Public Education Department's right to transcribe and reproduce the material in media appropriate for students with visual impairment who are unable to use instructional material in conventional print and form.

Publishers of adopted textbooks must also provide those materials to the department or its designated agent, within a time the department specifies, in an electronic format the department specifies that is readily translatable into braille and can also be used for large print or speech access.

Beginning with instructional material for the 2013-2014 school year, publishers of instructional material on the department's multiple list must provide those materials in both written and electronic formats. The 2011 amendment that added the written and electronic format requirement took effect on June 17, 2011.

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