[blindlaw] California Trying E-books in high school

[Nightingale, Noel]

Mark:

I work for the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.  We enforce Section 504 of the Rehab Act and Title II of the ADA with respect to public entities in the education area.  I'd be happy to discuss any particular questions you have with respect to the application of those two laws and access to information.  Please send me an e-mail off list to noel.nightingale at ed.gov.

Noel Nightingale
 

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From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mark Stimson
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 2:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] California Trying E-books in high school

This is very interesting, thanks for the info.  I do a lot of work on accessibility of electronic documents (and Web sites) in California; not as a lawyer but as a field expert usually brought in after a settlement.  If the E-Books are formatted correctly, this E-Book roll out can be extremely beneficial for students and teachers with visual impairments.  However, so often publishers are either unaware of federal and state accessibility requirements, or implement only the minimal necessities.  Is there anyone out there that has some experience working on law involving the accessibility of electronic information?  I joined this group recently to learn more about the legal side of accessibility.

Best regards, Mark

Mark Stimson, Ph.D.
Document Accessibility Expert
www.DocumentAccessibility.com
www.AccessnIgenuity.com 

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From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Robert Jaquiss
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 5:04 AM
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Subject: [blindlaw] California Trying E-books in high school
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Hello LIst:

     I saw an article mentioning that California is going to roll out E-books for high school. Doing some research, I found a "fact sheet" on the governor's page. The link to it is below.

http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/fact-sheet/12455/

Regards,

Robert Jaquiss
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