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Contracts with publishers: the NIMAS electronic files a publisher of Board-approved textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials must furnish for students with print disabilities

Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-241(B)

In force since .

A procurement conditions rule binding public and private bodies.

Instrument type
an act of a legislature
Obligation class
Contract terms

What it requires

  • If you publish textbooks or other high-quality instructional materials that the Board of Education has approved for use in Virginia public schools, expect each local school board contract or purchase order with you to require you to furnish electronic files of the materials in the NIMAS format, for deposit in the National Instructional Materials Access Center so that accessible versions can be made for students with print disabilities (Va. Code Ann. 22.1-241(B)).
  • Deliver the NIMAS files on or before the date you deliver the regular text versions (Va. Code Ann. 22.1-241(B)).
  • If you publish materials approved for use in grades 6-12, allow in your contract or purchase order the purchase of printed materials, printed materials with electronic files, or electronic materials separate and apart from printed versions (Va. Code Ann. 22.1-241(B)).
  • If you are a local school board, include in each contract or purchase order with a publisher of Board-approved textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials a requirement that the publisher furnish electronic files of the materials in the NIMAS format (Va. Code Ann. 22.1-241(B)).

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Contracts and purchase orders between a local school board and a publisher of Board-approved textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials must require the publisher to furnish electronic files of the materials in the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standards (NIMAS) format.

The NIMAS files are deposited in the National Instructional Materials Access Center, from which accessible versions of the materials may be produced for students with print disabilities as defined in 20 U.S.C. 1474. Publishers must deliver the NIMAS files on or before the date they deliver the regular text versions.

Contracts and purchase orders for Board-approved materials used in grades 6-12 must allow the purchase of printed materials, printed materials with electronic files, or electronic materials separate from printed versions. The first through fifth enactments of Chapter 680 of the 2025 Acts of Assembly became effective on .

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