102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0026

 

Introduced 1/14/2021, by Rep. Theresa Mah

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/2-3.182 new

    Amends the School Code. To ensure that the content available on any third party online curriculum that is made available to enrolled students or the public by a school district through the Internet is readily accessible to persons with disabilities, provides that the State Board of Education shall require that the third party online curriculum comply with Level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.


LRB102 02847 CMG 12855 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB0026LRB102 02847 CMG 12855 b

1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
52-3.182 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.182 new)
7    Sec. 2-3.182. Website accessibility guidelines.
8    (a) As used in this Section, "Internet website or web
9service" means any third party online curriculum that is made
10available to enrolled students or the public by a school
11district through the Internet.
12    (b) To ensure that the content available on an Internet
13website or web service of a school district is readily
14accessible to persons with disabilities, the State Board of
15Education shall require that the Internet website or web
16service comply with Level AA of the World Wide Web
17Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 or any
18revised version of those guidelines.