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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="11-902" title_number="11" title_name="Maryland Higher Education Commission" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Instructional Materials for Blind and Print Disabled Students">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On or before December 1, 2007, in order to coordinate the distribution of instructional materials to blind and other print disabled students, the Maryland Library for the Blind and Print Disabled shall convene an Instructional Materials Access Guidelines Committee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Committee consists of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Secretary of Higher Education, or the  Secretary’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary of Disabilities, or the Secretary’s  designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The State Superintendent, or the State  Superintendent’s designee; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The following 14 members appointed by the Governor:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>One member representing the Library;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Five members representing  publishers of textbooks used in higher education who may include representatives of the Association of American Publishers;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Three members, one representing each of the following institutions of higher education:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The University System of Maryland;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>A community college; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>A 4–year private nonprofit institution of higher education;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Two representatives who have knowledge regarding accessible formats for blind and other print disabled individuals;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>One representative of the student population at institutions of higher education in the State who is blind or print disabled; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Two members from Maryland organizations representing blind or  other persons with print disabilities.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>At least two of the members of the Committee, in addition to the student member, shall be blind or print disabled.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Governor shall designate the Chair of the  Committee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A member of the Committee shall serve for a period of 3 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Committee shall expire on December 1, 2010.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Department, the Department of Disabilities, and the Maryland Higher Education Commission shall provide staff for the  Committee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Committee shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Assist the Library in establishing guidelines to facilitate the delivery of instructional materials to blind and print disabled students at institutions of higher education in the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Review the guidelines established under item (i) of this paragraph each year; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Assist the Library in revising the guidelines as necessary based on changes in technology or any other pertinent  factors.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The guidelines shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A method by which a course instructor, in  consultation with the individual at the Library or institution designated to make the request for materials under this subtitle, designates which course materials are considered required or essential to student success;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A determination of the availability of technology for the conversion of mathematics and science  materials;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The procedures and standards relating to distribution of files and materials;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Available electronic formats;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>A list of justifications for which a publisher  may reasonably be exempted from complying with the provisions of  this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Procedures for granting a publisher an  exemption when it is determined that a publisher is unable to comply with the requirements of this subtitle for a justifiable  reason included in the list required under item (v) of this  paragraph;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>A requirement that the review of the future recommendations of the Alternative Formats Solutions Initiative of the Association of American Publishers determine whether to recommend the incorporation of these recommendations into the  guidelines; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>Any other information the Committee determines to be relevant.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
