[NationalHarbor] Legislative Update: We Did It!

[Janice Samuel]

This is fantastic news.

On Sat, Apr 9, 2022, 1:05 PM President--- via NationalHarbor <
nationalharbor at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Federation Family,
> The Maryland General Assembly just passed our bill, The Accountability Act
> for Accessible K-12 Education for Students with Disabilities SB617.  It now
> goes to the Governor’s desk for signature.  The bill requires Maryland
> school districts to procure digital tools and produce digital learning
> content that is accessible, establishes accessibility standards, adds
> enforcement procedures, and creates a penalty for vendors that fail to
> correct accessibility within a certain time of being notified that what
> they sold the district fails to meet the accessibility standards.
>
> Thank you to all who advocated for this issue.
>
> Yours,
> Ronza
>
>
> Ronza Othman, President
> National Federation of the Blind of Maryland
> 443-426-4110
> Sent from my iPhone
>
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