Public Act 0238 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB0026 Enrolled LRB102 02847 CMG 12855 b

Public Act 102-0238

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections 10-20.75 and 34-18.67 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/10-20.75 new)

Sec. 10-20.75. Website accessibility guidelines.

(a) As used in this Section, "Internet website or web service" means any third party online curriculum that is made available to enrolled students or the public by a school district through the Internet.

(b) To ensure that the content available on an Internet website or web service of a school district is readily accessible to persons with disabilities, the school district must require that the Internet website or web service comply with Level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 or any revised version of those guidelines.

(105 ILCS 5/34-18.67 new)

Sec. 34-18.67. Website accessibility guidelines.

(a) As used in this Section, "Internet website or web service" means any third party online curriculum that is made available to enrolled students or the public by the school district through the Internet.

(b) To ensure that the content available on an Internet website or web service of the school district is readily accessible to persons with disabilities, the school district must require that the Internet website or web service comply with Level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 or any revised version of those guidelines.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect August 1, 2022.

Effective Date: 8/1/2022