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School districts: purchase of print instructional materials in accessible formats, National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard
In force since .
A procurement conditions rule binding government bodies.
- Instrument type
- a regulation made under an act
- Obligation class
- Governance
What it requires
- This binds each school district, and the written contract it requires reaches the publisher of the print instructional materials (WAC 392-172A-06040(2)(a)).
- If you are a school district that coordinates with the National Instructional Materials Access Center, when purchasing print instructional materials contract in writing with the publisher to provide the center electronic files of the materials in the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard, or purchase materials from the publisher that are produced in, or may be rendered in, specialized formats (WAC 392-172A-06040(2)(a)).
- Make all reasonable attempts to provide instructional materials to blind persons or other persons with print disabilities in a timely manner (WAC 392-172A-06040(2)(b)).
- If you choose not to coordinate with the center, give the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction an assurance that you will provide those materials by other means in a timely manner (WAC 392-172A-06040(6)).
- Ensure that students eligible for special education services who need instructional materials in accessible formats, but are outside the definition of blind or other persons with print disabilities or need materials that cannot be produced from the standard's files, receive them in a timely manner (WAC 392-172A-06040(7)).
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What this law does
The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction has elected to coordinate with the National Instructional Materials Access Center, and school districts have the option of coordinating with it.
A school district that coordinates with the center must, as part of any print instructional materials adoption process, procurement contract or other practice used for purchase, enter into a written contract with the publisher to require the publisher to provide the center with electronic files in the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard, or to purchase materials from the publisher that are produced in, or may be rendered in, specialized formats.
The district must make all reasonable attempts to provide instructional materials to blind persons or other persons with print disabilities in a timely manner. A district that chooses not to coordinate with the center must provide an assurance to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction that it will provide instructional materials to blind persons or other persons with print disabilities by other means in a timely manner.
Nothing in the section relieves a district of its responsibility to ensure that students eligible for special education services who need instructional materials in accessible formats receive them in a timely manner. The section first took effect on . The section's present text took effect on .
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