Law / United States / 
Ohio
Bowling Green State University, digital and web accessibility
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding government bodies.
- Instrument type
- a regulation made under an act
What it requires
- This binds Bowling Green State University, its administrative units, departments and offices and the content editors it authorizes; it reaches a vendor through the accessibility purchasing standards placed in the university's terms and conditions and requests for proposal (rule 3341-6-57(D)(1) and (D)(7)).
- If you are Bowling Green State University, make every official university web page and university-related web page, Canvas course content and pages on servers you contract for included, conform to the web accessibility standards, which draw on the 2024 federal Title II web rule, the section 508 standards and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (rule 3341-6-57(C)(2), (C)(6) and (D)(2)(c)).
- If you are Bowling Green State University, purchase only IT software and systems that meet the web accessibility standards by producing accessible products and documents, and place the purchasing department's computer software accessibility purchasing standards into terms and conditions and requests for proposal (rule 3341-6-57(D)(1) and (D)(7)).
- If you are Bowling Green State University, audit web content against the web accessibility standards quarterly (rule 3341-6-57(D)(6)(c)).
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What this law does
Under rule 3341-6-57 of the Ohio Administrative Code, every official Bowling Green State University web page and university-related web page must conform to the university's web accessibility standards. A university-related web page includes course content in the Canvas learning management system and pages on servers the university contracts for.
The web accessibility standards draw on the 2024 federal rule on the accessibility of state and local government web content and mobile applications, the section 508 standards and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Each administrative unit, department or office must ensure that its web content is accessible and that all software and information technology systems it purchases can produce accessible products and documents or are compatible with assistive technology.
Any member of the web accessibility team or a designee may disable a web page found to violate the web accessibility standards. The web systems coordinator audits web content against the web accessibility standards quarterly.
The university's policy is that all IT software and systems it purchases meet the web accessibility standards, and its purchasing department provides computer software accessibility purchasing standards to be placed into terms and conditions and request for proposal documents. The rule first took effect . Its current version took effect .
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