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From: Jim Allan
Date: Nov 19, 2013 10:40AM

Speaking as a K-12 person, would like to see this applied to our
materials as well.

jim

On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 10:09 AM, John E Brandt < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> It might be worth reading some other sources - besides the Chronicle - as
> the information there is pretty minimal. I suggest taking a look at Rep.
> Petri's news release (he is the person sponsoring the bill).
>
> http://petri.house.gov/press-release/petri-introduces-teach-act-ensure-equal
> -access-educational-materials-students
>
> Among the things understated in the Chronicle piece is the fact that this
> bill does not create anything new but simply follows up on recommendations
> from the study committee for Higher Education Act, empowering the Access
> Board to create specific rules regarding accessible instructional materials
> (AIM) and adds clarifications to IDEA (04) regarding AIM.
>
> As others have noted, this is just the first step and the bill will not be
> going anywhere, anytime soon. Likely it will get folded into some other
> legislation some day when we have a Congress that is interested in getting
> some work done [sorry for the "political" tone in that last statement].
>
> ~j
>
> John E. Brandt
> jebswebs: accessible and universal web design,
> development and consultation
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> Augusta, Maine, USA
>
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