Ohio Admin. Code 3301-51-21 - Providing instructional material to children with visual impairments and others with print disabilities that are listed for sale by publishers with the superintendent of public instruction

(A) Definitions

Except as otherwise specified, the following defintions definitions are used in this rule:

(1) "Textbook" shall mean means textbooks, including related core instrucational instructional material, available for purchase by a school board, including new editions to a series or volume of that textbook.

(2) "National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS), including Math Markup Language 3 (Math ML3)" shall mean means the technical standard used by publishers to produce source files for use in creating multiple specialized formats, including braille, large print, digital text and audio. (The standard is available through aim.cast.org.)

(3) "National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC)" means the national repository established at the American printing house for the blind, inc. (APH) that contains NIMAS file sets.

(3)(4) "Math Markup Language 3 (Math ML3)" shall mean means the technical standard for the creation of valid XML source files containing mathematical and scientific content. (The standard is available through w3.org/TR/MathML3/.)

(5) "Instructional Materials and Technologies" includes "electronic book" as defined in division (C) of section 3329.01 of the Revised Code.

(4) "National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC)" shall mean the national repository established at the American printing house for the blind, inc. (APH) that contains NIMAS file sets.

(B) For a textbook to be listed on the approved textbook publishers list, publishers shall deposit a NIMAS file set including images of the textbook, into the national instructional materials access center (NIMAC) for producing accessible formats prior to submission to the approved textbook publishers list.

(C) Publishers who list textbooks with the superintendent of public instruction shall be responsible for providing the wholesale price of the textbook and related print core instructional materials pursuant to section 3329.01 of the Revised Code. Publishers shall be responsible for providing the wholesale price of any textbook and related print core instructional materials, or textbooks that have been previously adopted, and reordered by a school board.

(D) If an electronic textbook (e-book) is not fully accessible on current computer platforms, or is not available as a print instructional material, then the publisher must provide NIMAS file sets to the NIMAC. Digital instructional materials and technologies must conform to the standards for accessibility set forth in Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 749, and 36 C.F.R. 1194 . Local education agencies are required to ensure compliance of materials used in their schools.

Notes

Ohio Admin. Code 3301-51-21

Effective: 7/1/2023
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 10/14/2022 and 07/01/2028
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3301.07, 3323.02
Rule Amplifies: 3323.02, 3329.01
Prior Effective Dates: 07/16/1995, 07/01/2014