Maryland House Bill 1181 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-17 - Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

County Boards of Education - Accessibility Standards - Digital Tools (Nonvisual Access Accountability Act for Grades K-12 Education)

Del. Michele Guyton [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-17	House	Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m.
2021-02-08	House	First Reading Ways and Means

HB1181 (Carry Over) 2021-02-17 - Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m.
SB921 (Crossfiled) 2021-02-12 - Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Education	8	317	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1181?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1181f.pdf