§ 300.210 Purchase of instructional materials.

Plain English summary

This section addresses LEA obligations regarding the purchase of accessible instructional materials. LEAs may choose to coordinate with the National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC) and must do so under the same conditions as SEAs, or alternatively must assure the SEA they will provide accessible materials to blind or print-disabled students in a timely manner. Regardless of NIMAC coordination, LEAs retain responsibility for ensuring all eligible children with disabilities receive accessible instructional materials in a timely manner.

Key requirements

• Not later than December 3, 2006, an LEA that chooses to coordinate with the NIMAC, when purchasing print instructional materials, must acquire those instructional materials in the same manner, and subject to the same conditions as an SEA under § 300.172.
• If an LEA chooses not to coordinate with the NIMAC, the LEA must provide an assurance to the SEA that the LEA will provide instructional materials to blind persons or other persons with print disabilities in a timely manner.
• Nothing in this section relieves an LEA of its responsibility to ensure that children with disabilities who need instructional materials in accessible formats but are not included under the definition of blind or other persons with print disabilities in § 300.172(e)(1)(i) or who need materials that cannot be produced from NIMAS files, receive those instructional materials in a timely manner.

Affected parties

• Local Educational Agencies (LEAs)
• State Educational Agencies (SEAs)
• National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC)
• Children with disabilities who need accessible instructional materials
• Blind persons or other persons with print disabilities

Official source

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-34/part-300/section-300.210