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Pennsylvania charter school regulations: duty of charter schools and cyber charter schools to provide print instructional materials in accessible formats to blind children and children with print disabilities
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding government bodies.
What it requires
- If you are a Pennsylvania charter school or cyber charter school, adopt the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) (22 Pa. Code 711.45(a)).
- Provide print instructional materials in specialized, accessible formats (Braille, audio, digital, large-print and the like) in a timely manner to children who are blind or other persons with print disabilities (sec. 711.45(b)).
- Take all reasonable steps to ensure that those children have access to their accessible format instructional materials at the same time that students without disabilities have access to instructional materials, and do not withhold instructional materials from other students until the accessible formats are available (sec. 711.45(c)).
- When a child who is blind or other person with a print disability enrolls in school after the start of the school year, take all reasonable steps to ensure that the student has access to accessible format instructional materials within 10 school days from the time it is determined that the child requires them (sec. 711.45(e)).
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What this law does
Under section 711.45 of the Pennsylvania Code, charter schools and cyber charter schools must adopt the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard, a standard for source files of print instructional materials created by publishers that may be converted into accessible instructional materials.
Charter schools and cyber charter schools must provide print instructional materials in specialized, accessible formats, that is, Braille, audio, digital, large-print, and the like, in a timely manner to children who are blind or other persons with print disabilities.
Charter schools and cyber charter schools act in a timely manner if they take all reasonable steps to ensure that children who are blind or other persons with print disabilities have access to their accessible format instructional materials at the same time that students without disabilities have access to instructional materials.
Charter schools and cyber charter schools may not withhold instructional materials from other students until instructional materials in accessible formats are available.
If a child who is blind or other person with a print disability enrolls in school after the start of the school year, a charter school or cyber charter school must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the student has access to accessible format instructional materials within 10 school days from the time it is determined that the child requires printed instructional materials in an alternate accessible or specialized format.
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