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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 Sections
510-20.75 and 34-18.67 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.75 new)
7    Sec. 10-20.75. 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 school district
15must require that the Internet website or web service comply
16with Level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content
17Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 or any revised version of those
18guidelines.
 
19    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.67 new)
20    Sec. 34-18.67. Website accessibility guidelines.
21    (a) As used in this Section, "Internet website or web
22service" means any third party online curriculum that is made

 

 

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1available to enrolled students or the public by the school
2district through the Internet.
3    (b) To ensure that the content available on an Internet
4website or web service of the school district is readily
5accessible to persons with disabilities, the school district
6must require that the Internet website or web service comply
7with Level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content
8Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 or any revised version of those
9guidelines.
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect August
111, 2022.