To authorize the creation of a commission to develop voluntary accessibility guidelines for electronic instructional materials and related technologies used in postsecondary education, and for other purposes.
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.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 583.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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