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Texas Department of Information Resources technical accessibility standards for institutions of higher education: applications and operating systems, functional performance criteria and support documentation

1 Tex. Admin. Code secs. 213.30, 213.35 and 213.36

In force since 18 Apr 2020.

An accessibility requirements rule binding government bodies.

Instrument type: a regulation made under an act
Obligation class: Governance
Conformance standard: WCAG 2.0 AA, US Section 508 standards

What it requires

If you are an institution of higher education, make all software applications and operating systems you develop, procure or change comply with the standards referenced in Section 508 Appendix C: Chapter 7 section 702.10 (WCAG 2.0 Level AA excluding Guideline 1.2 Time Based Media) and Chapter 5 sections 502 (Interoperability with Assistive Technology), 503 (Applications) and 504 (Authoring Tools), unless the president or chancellor approves an exception or an exemption has been made for specific technologies (1 Tex. Admin. Code sec. 213.30).
Where an electronic and information resource you develop, procure or change does not meet the technical standards that apply to it, make its noncompliant features conform to the functional performance criteria referenced in Section 508 Appendix C, Chapter 3, section 302 (1 Tex. Admin. Code sec. 213.35).
Make the documentation and services that support the use of electronic and information resources you develop, procure or change comply with Section 508 Appendix C, Chapter 6, sections 602 (Support Documentation) and 603 (Support) (1 Tex. Admin. Code sec. 213.36).

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Section 213.30 of title 1 of the Texas Administrative Code requires all software applications and operating systems that an institution of higher education develops, procures or changes to comply with the standards described in subchapter C of chapter 213, unless the president or chancellor approves an exception or an exemption has been made for specific technologies.

The standards it lists, referenced in Section 508 Appendix C, are Chapter 7 section 702.10 (WCAG 2.0 Level AA excluding Guideline 1.2 Time Based Media) and Chapter 5 sections 502 (Interoperability with Assistive Technology), 503 (Applications) and 504 (Authoring Tools).

Section 213.35 requires that, to the extent an electronic and information resource of an institution of higher education does not comply with the technical standards that apply to it, its noncompliant features conform to the functional performance criteria referenced in Section 508 Appendix C, Chapter 3, section 302.

Section 213.36 requires all documentation and services that support the use of electronic and information resources an institution of higher education develops, procures or changes to comply with the standards referenced in Section 508 Appendix C, Chapter 6, section 602 (Support Documentation) and section 603 (Support). These standards apply from April 18, 2020.

The Department of Information Resources did not adopt the amendments to sections 213.30, 213.35 and 213.36 that it proposed on March 13, 2026.

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