Bill Text: TX SB1576 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to a study and report of issues affecting persons with disabilities at state agencies and postsecondary educational institutions.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-15 - Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. [SB1576 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1576-Engrossed.html
| By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 1576 | |
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| relating to a study and report of issues affecting persons with | ||
| disabilities at state agencies and postsecondary educational | ||
| institutions. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 115, Human Resources Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 115.0095 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 115.0095. STUDY REGARDING ACCESSIBILITY OF STATE | ||
| AGENCY AND HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND INFORMATION. (a) In | ||
| this section, "postsecondary educational institution" means an | ||
| institution of higher education or a private or independent | ||
| institution of higher education, as those terms are defined by | ||
| Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
| (b) The committee, in collaboration with the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board and the Department of Information | ||
| Resources, shall conduct a study to identify difficulties persons | ||
| with disabilities are encountering at state agencies and | ||
| postsecondary educational institutions that receive state or | ||
| federal funds. | ||
| (c) The study must include an evaluation of the | ||
| accessibility of resources and information, whether printed or | ||
| electronic, including: | ||
| (1) materials provided by a state agency or | ||
| postsecondary educational institution; and | ||
| (2) with regard to a postsecondary educational | ||
| institution, learning and content management software used by the | ||
| institution and information and resources provided by student | ||
| organizations of the institution. | ||
| (d) The committee shall include the results of the study and | ||
| any recommendations for legislative or administrative action in the | ||
| report submitted to the governor and the legislature under Section | ||
| 115.009(3) before December 31, 2014. | ||
| (e) This section expires September 1, 2015. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
