Rep. Theresa Mah

Filed: 3/17/2021

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 26

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 26 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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

 

 

10200HB0026ham002- 2 -LRB102 02847 CMG 23866 a

1Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 or any revised version of those
2guidelines.
 
3    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.67 new)
4    Sec. 34-18.67. Website accessibility guidelines.
5    (a) As used in this Section, "Internet website or web
6service" means any third party online curriculum that is made
7available to enrolled students or the public by the school
8district through the Internet.
9    (b) To ensure that the content available on an Internet
10website or web service of the school district is readily
11accessible to persons with disabilities, the school district
12must require that the Internet website or web service comply
13with Level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content
14Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 or any revised version of those
15guidelines.
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect August
171, 2022.".