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HR 3505 113th Congress House Education Access Board Administrative law and regulatory procedures Computers and information technology Disability and paralysis Education of the disadvantaged Educational technology and distance education Higher education

TEACH Act

Introduced: November 15, 2013 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
 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.

What's happening now January 22, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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