S. 3095 116th Congress Senate

AIM HIGH Act

Official title: A bill to develop voluntary guidelines for accessible postsecondary electronic instructional materials and related technologies, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 18, 2019 Introduced by: Elizabeth Warren Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov

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Disability and paralysisEducation of the disadvantagedEducational technology and distance educationGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationTeaching, teachers, curriculaTechnology assessment

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Dec 18, 2019

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education Act or the AIM HIGH Act

This bill creates a commission to develop voluntary guidelines for postsecondary electronic instruction materials and related technologies.

Specifically, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the Secretary of Education must establish an independent commission to (1) develop and issue voluntary accessibility guidelines for postsecondary electronic instructional materials and related technologies, (2) develop a model framework for pilot testing such materials and technologies, and (3) produce an annotated list of information technology standards.

The Department of Education must review and, as appropriate, update the voluntary guidelines, pilot testing framework, and information technology standards every five years.

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