Legislation

Title: Local School Systems - Equivalent Access Standards - Digital Tools (Equivalent and Nonvisual Access Accountability Act for K-12 Education)
Sponsored by: Delegates Guyton, Bartlett, Belcastro, Cardin, Feldmark, Foley, Forbes, Fraser-Hidalgo, Jackson, Johnson, D. Jones, Kaiser, Korman, Krebs, Lehman, Lierman, Love, Metzgar, Patterson, Ruth, Shetty, and Stein
Status: In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)

Synopsis

Requiring a local school system to provide equivalent access to digital tools for students with disabilities, including developing, purchasing, and providing digital tools that are directly connected to student instruction; requiring a local school system to establish a process to evaluate a certain digital tool for equivalent access and nonvisual access by a certain employee or contractor of the school system; providing certain civil penalties for a vendor who fails to meet the equivalent access standards; etc.

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Original:: Ways and Means

Opposite:: Rules

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Cross-filed with: SB0617

Introduced in a prior session as: HB1181 Session: 2021 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): July 1, 2022

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/31/2022 Legislative Date 1/31/2022 Action First Reading Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Local School Systems - Equivalent Access Standards - Digital Tools (Nonvisual Access Accountability Act for K-12 Education) Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/02/2022 Legislative Date 2/02/2022 Action Hearing 2/17 at 3:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/02/2022 Legislative Date 2/02/2022 Action Hearing canceled Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/02/2022 Legislative Date 2/02/2022 Action Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Ways and Means Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/07/2022 Legislative Date 4/07/2022 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/08/2022 Legislative Date 3/30/2022 Action Favorable with Amendments {213928/1 Adopted Proceedings 51 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/08/2022 Legislative Date 3/30/2022 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 51 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Local School Systems - Equivalent Access Standards - Digital Tools (Equivalent and Nonvisual Access Accountability Act for K-12 Education) Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/08/2022 Legislative Date 3/31/2022 Action Third Reading Passed (135-0) Proceedings 52 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 4/09/2022 Legislative Date 3/29/2022 Action Referred Rules Proceedings 69 Click to view Recorded Media

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/31/2022	1/31/2022	First Reading Ways and Means
			Text - First - Local School Systems - Equivalent Access Standards - Digital Tools (Nonvisual Access Accountability Act for K-12 Education)
House	2/02/2022	2/02/2022	Hearing 2/17 at 3:00 p.m.
House	2/02/2022	2/02/2022	Hearing canceled
House	2/02/2022	2/02/2022	Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Ways and Means	Click to view Recorded Media
House	4/07/2022	4/07/2022	Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
House	4/08/2022	3/30/2022	Favorable with Amendments {213928/1 Adopted	51 Click to view Recorded Media
House	4/08/2022	3/30/2022	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	51 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Local School Systems - Equivalent Access Standards - Digital Tools (Equivalent and Nonvisual Access Accountability Act for K-12 Education)
House	4/08/2022	3/31/2022	Third Reading Passed (135-0)	52 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	4/09/2022	3/29/2022	Referred Rules	69 Click to view Recorded Media

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