HR 3505 113th Congress House

TEACH Act

Official title: To direct the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board to develop accessibility guidelines for electronic instructional materials and related… Show full official titleShow less

Introduced: March 4, 2014 See on congress.gov

Education Access BoardAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresComputers and information technologyDisability and paralysis

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Education of the disadvantagedEducational technology and distance educationHigher education

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Jan 22, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Nov 15, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Nov 15, 2013

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1672-1673)

Nov 15, 2013

Introduced in House

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Latest action January 22, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Technology, Equality and Accessibility in College and Higher Education Act or the TEACH Act - Directs the Access Board to develop accessibility guidelines for electronic instructional materials and related information technologies in institutions of higher education (IHEs).

Requires those guidelines to: (1) include performance criteria to ensure that electronic instructional materials and related information technologies are accessible to the blind and disabled; (2) be consistent with the standards for technical and functional performance criteria issued pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and (3) be, to the extent practicable, consistent with national and international accessibility standards for those materials and technologies.

Directs the Access Board to review and, as appropriate, amend the guidelines every three years to reflect technological advances or changes in electronic instructional materials and related information technologies.

Deems IHEs that use electronic instructional materials and related information technologies that comply with the guidelines to be in compliance with nondiscrimination provisions under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

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