Bill Text: IL HB0026 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill, but provides that a school district must require (rather than the State Board of Education shall require) that the Internet website or web service comply with Level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Adds an effective date of August 1, 2022.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 41-2)
Status: (Passed) 2021-08-02 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0238 [HB0026 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB0026-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 102-0238 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections | ||||
10-20.75 and 34-18.67 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.75 new) | ||||
Sec. 10-20.75. Website accessibility guidelines. | ||||
(a) As used in this Section, "Internet website or web | ||||
service" means any third party online curriculum that is made | ||||
available to enrolled students or the public by a school | ||||
district through the Internet. | ||||
(b) To ensure that the content available on an Internet | ||||
website or web service of a school district is readily | ||||
accessible to persons with disabilities, the school district | ||||
must require that the Internet website or web service comply | ||||
with Level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content | ||||
Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 or any revised version of those | ||||
guidelines.
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(105 ILCS 5/34-18.67 new) | ||||
Sec. 34-18.67. Website accessibility guidelines. | ||||
(a) As used in this Section, "Internet website or web | ||||
service" means any third party online curriculum that is made | ||||
available to enrolled students or the public by the school | ||
district through the Internet. | ||
(b) To ensure that the content available on an Internet | ||
website or web service of the school district is readily | ||
accessible to persons with disabilities, the school district | ||
must require that the Internet website or web service comply | ||
with Level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content | ||
Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 or any revised version of those | ||
guidelines.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect August | ||
1, 2022.
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