Legislation

Title: County Boards of Education - Accessibility Standards - Digital Tools (Nonvisual Access Accountability Act for Grades K-12 Education)
Sponsored by: Delegate Guyton
Status: In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m.
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Requiring digital tools developed or purchased by a county board of education to include specifications for access by students with disabilities, including nonvisual access; requiring a county board to provide a student with disabilities access to digital tools that enable students with disabilities to acquire the same information and access the same services as students without disabilities; requiring each invitation for bids or request for proposals for a digital tool to require submission of an accessibility conformance report; etc.

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Original:: Ways and Means Click to view Recorded Media

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Details

Cross-filed with: SB0921

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): July 1, 2021

Bill imposes a local government mandate which is a directive in a bill requiring a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/08/2021 Legislative Date 2/08/2021 Action First Reading Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - County Boards of Education - Accessibility Standards - Digital Tools (Nonvisual Access Accountability Act for Grades K-12 Education) Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/17/2021 Legislative Date 2/17/2021 Action Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m. Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	2/08/2021	2/08/2021	First Reading Ways and Means
			Text - First - County Boards of Education - Accessibility Standards - Digital Tools (Nonvisual Access Accountability Act for Grades K-12 Education)
House	2/17/2021	2/17/2021	Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m.

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