Law / United States / 
Ohio
Cleveland State University, electronic and information technology accessibility standards
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding government bodies.
- Instrument type
- a regulation made under an act
What it requires
- This binds Cleveland State University and each of its departments, offices and administrative units that produces, maintains, distributes or purchases electronic and information technology, a term the rule defines to include websites, content delivered in digital form, search engines and databases and learning management systems; it reaches a vendor only through the university's purchasing standards and guidelines (rule 3344-6-01(B)(2) and (E)).
- If you are Cleveland State University, keep an EIT accessibility committee that develops accessibility standards for document and media accessibility and guidelines for the purchasing, creation and provision of electronic and information technology, to govern the evaluation of that technology for purchase or use (rule 3344-6-01(C) and (D)(1)).
- If you are Cleveland State University, develop accessibility standards for course content purchased or produced for students, software platforms students need to complete course work, the public facing university website and web-based applications, systems most university employees use, and user interfaces for information systems (rule 3344-6-01(D)(2)).
- If you are a Cleveland State University department, office or administrative unit that produces, maintains, distributes or purchases electronic and information technology, implement the accessibility standards and purchasing guidelines; a unit that willfully violates the rule may be held responsible for the cost of remediating accessibility issues (rule 3344-6-01(E)).
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What this law does
Rule 3344-6-01 of the Ohio Administrative Code sets out to ensure that Cleveland State University complies with federal and state law on access for individuals with disabilities, among them the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Electronic and information technology includes internet and intranet websites, content delivered in digital form, electronic books, search engines and databases, learning management systems, classroom technology and multimedia.
The rule establishes an EIT accessibility committee, which must develop accessibility standards for document and media accessibility and guidelines for the purchasing, creation and provision of electronic and information technology, and those standards and guidelines govern the evaluation of that technology for purchase or use by the university.
Standards must be developed for course content purchased or produced for students, software platforms students need to complete course work, the public facing university website and web-based applications, systems most university employees use, and user interfaces for information systems.
Every university department, office and administrative unit that produces, maintains, distributes or purchases electronic and information technology is responsible for implementing the accessibility standards and purchasing guidelines, and one that willfully violates the rule may be held responsible for the cost of remediating accessibility issues. The rule took effect .
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