53A-25b-501. Instructional Materials Access Center -- Board to make rules.
(1) The Utah State Office of Education shall collaborate with the Utah Schools for the Deaf
and the Blind, school districts, and charter schools in establishing the Utah State Instructional Materials
Access Center to provide students with print disabilities access to instructional materials in alternate
formats in a timely manner.
(2) The board shall make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative
Rulemaking Act, to:
(a) establish the Utah State Instructional Materials Access Center;
(b) define how the Educational Resource Center at the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the
Blind shall collaborate in the operation of the Utah State Instructional Materials Access Center;
(c) specify procedures for the operation of the Utah State Instructional Materials Access
Center, including procedures to:
(i) identify students who qualify for instructional materials in alternate formats; and
(ii) distribute and store instructional materials in alternate formats;
(d) establish the contribution of school districts and charter schools towards the cost of
instructional materials in alternate formats; and
(e) require textbook publishers, as a condition of contract, to provide electronic file sets in
conformance with the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard.
Enacted by Chapter 294, 2009 General Session
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