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Course Access Program Act: accessibility assurance a course provider gives for state board approval
Course Access Program Act, Tenn. Code Ann. secs. 49-18-102 and 49-18-105
In force since .
A procurement conditions rule binding public and private bodies.
What it requires
- If you seek Tennessee state board of education approval as a course provider under the Course Access Program Act, provide an assurance that all information and resources for your extended learning, in person, online or blended learning courses are fully accessible for students of all abilities (section 49-18-105(a)(4)).
- Make that assurance cover a review of every course you submit for approval against legal accessibility standards, an accessibility online learning policy you have created and promulgated, an Americans with Disabilities Act Section 504 coordinator with a grievance policy and annual notifications, and policies and activities that keep your organizational and course websites meeting accessibility requirements (section 49-18-105(a)(4)).
- The state board or the department may exclude you as a provider at any time on finding that you have failed to comply with the chapter, the state board's rules or the department's procedures (section 49-18-105(b)).
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What it reaches
Obligation class
Disclosure
Applicability criteria
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- Criteria
- seeks or holds state board of education approval as a course provider under the Course Access Program Act (Tenn. Code Ann. secs. 49-18-102 and 49-18-105)
What this law does
Section 49-18-105 of the Tennessee Code makes state board of education approval as a course provider under the Course Access Program Act conditional on the provider meeting the requirements the section lists.
Since Public Chapter 929 of 2022, one of those requirements is an assurance that all information and resources for extended learning, in person, online, or blended learning courses are fully accessible for students of all abilities, where the section had before reached only online information and resources for online or blended learning courses.
The assurance includes that all courses submitted for approval are reviewed to ensure they meet legal accessibility standards, that the provider has created and promulgated an accessibility online learning policy, that the provider has an Americans with Disabilities Act Section 504 coordinator, a grievance policy and annual notifications, and that the provider has policies and activities to ensure its organizational and course websites meet accessibility requirements.
A provider must also be subject to all federal and state laws and constitutional provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability, among other grounds.
Public Chapter 929 of 2022 defines a course provider as a business, industry, educator, nonprofit entity, for-profit entity, trade association, branch of the United States armed forces, LEA, charter school, charter management organization, institution of higher education, or state agency that is approved by the state board to offer individual courses in person or online.
The chapter defines an eligible student as a student enrolled in a Tennessee public school, including a charter school, in grades seven through twelve. The state board or the department may exclude a course provider at any time on finding that the provider has failed to comply with the chapter, the rules of the state board or the procedures of the department. Section 49-18-105 was enacted by Acts 2016, chapter 889, and rewritten by Acts 2018, chapter 784.
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