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TEACH Act Update: Voluntary
Guidelines for AccessibleInstructional Materials
September 22, 2015
Jon Fansmith and Jarret Cummings
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Agenda
• TEACH Act Background
• Collaborative Process
• Key Elements of Emerging Legislation
• The Path Forward
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TEACH Act Background
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Accessibility, Not Copyright
First “TEACH”: Technology, Education, andCopyright Harmonization Act (2002)
This “TEACH”: Technology, Equality, and
Accessibility in College and HigherEducation Act (2013)
Focus: Voluntary accessibility guidelines for
electronic instructional materials and relatedtechnologies
Name change coming
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History
HEOA creates postsecondary accessibleinstructional materials commission (2008)
Commission calls for instructional materials
guidelines (2011)
National Fed. of the Blind, Assoc. of
American Publishers craft proposal (2012)
TEACH Act introduced in U.S. House
(2013) and Senate (2014)
Higher ed. groups join NFB, AAP to develop
a new approach (2014)
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Key Discussion Points
Agreed on:
Shared goal of advancing accessibility of
electronic instructional materials, technologies
Voluntary guidelines within existing law andregulation
Needed to work on:
Clarification of definitions, scope
Designing an effective process
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Collaborative Process
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Nature of the Process
Negotiating team: NFB, AAP, ACE/EDUCAUSE (on behalf of assoc. group)
Met regularly, starting October 2014; with
frequent communication between meetings Confirmed shared outline in June, started
drafting bill in late July, in process now
Goal of including legislation in HEAreauthorization
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Nature of the Process, continued
Broad stakeholder communities withdiverse views and interests
Balancing concerns, vetting proposals,
finding solutions – it all takes time Goodwill and patience by all = success so
far, with a bill taking shape
HEA reauthorization delayed
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Key Elements of Emerging Legislation
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Getting to Guidelines
Compromise bill won’t create the voluntaryguidelines
Establishes an independent commission,
supported by a panel of technical experts Balanced stakeholder representation
Will engage presidents, CIOs, provosts,
other senior executives for top-level buy-in
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Getting to Guidelines, continued
Review general standards, identify gaps,then develop guidelines to bridge the gap
(where possible)
Produce an annotated list of general ITstandards, too
Eighteen months to complete, with six-
month extension available Super-majority (75%) required to approve
the guidelines and the list
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Getting to Guidelines, continued
Legal safe harbor for following guidelines,limited safe harbor if document process only
Guidelines remain voluntary; no changes to
existing law and regulations “Electronic instructional materials” & “related
technologies” tied to instructional program
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The Path Forward
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Our Next Steps
Negotiating team reaches shared draft, vets/finalizes with other stakeholders
Identify House/Senate sponsors and
introduce bill in Congress Meet with congressional staff as needed to
educate them about provisions/impact
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Legislative Process
Sponsors, relevant committee staff maymake changes, requiring more negotiation
Bill may get integrated with Higher Education
Act reauthorization Helpful to have the issue considered in context
of higher education policy generally
Timetable for reauthorization uncertain, though May lead to longer-term engagement with
Congress before passage
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For Future Updates…
Watch the EDUCAUSE Review Online “PolicySpotlight” blog:
http://er.educause.edu/columns/policy-spotlight
Watch the ACE Advocacy News webpage:http://www.acenet.edu/advocacy-
news/Pages/default.aspx
Subscribe to EDUCAUSE Policy Digest :
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