MD SB921 | 2021 | Regular Session
Note: Carry Foward to future SB617
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-12 - Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 9 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-12 - Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Requiring digital tools developed or purchased by a county board of education to include specifications for access by students with disabilities, including nonvisual access; requiring a county board to provide a student with disabilities access to digital tools that enable students with disabilities to acquire the same information and access the same services as students without disabilities; requiring each invitation for bids or request for proposals for a digital tool to require submission of an accessibility conformance report; etc.
Title
County Boards of Education - Accessibility Standards - Digital Tools (Nonvisual Access Accountability Act for Grades K-12 Education)
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2021-02-12 | Senate | Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m. |
2021-02-09 | Senate | First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
Same As/Similar To
SB921 (Carry Over) 2021-02-12 - Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
HB1181 (Crossfiled) 2021-02-17 - Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m.
HB1181 (Crossfiled) 2021-02-17 - Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m.
Subjects
Blind Persons
Communications
Contracts
Disabilities
Education, Boards of
Education, State Department of
Equipment
Examinations
Fines
Industry and Technology
internet
Local Government Mandates
Notices
Primary and Secondary Education
Remote and Hybrid Education
Reports
Students
Telecommunications and Information Technology
Communications
Contracts
Disabilities
Education, Boards of
Education, State Department of
Equipment
Examinations
Fines
Industry and Technology
internet
Local Government Mandates
Notices
Primary and Secondary Education
Remote and Hybrid Education
Reports
Students
Telecommunications and Information Technology
Code Citations
Maryland State Sources
Type | Source |
---|---|
Summary | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0921?ys=2021RS |
Text | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0921f.pdf |