If a school contracts with a Community College for advanced placement classes, is the LEA or community college responsible for a student who is eligible for NIMAS materials?
AP classes are classes provided for secondary school credit. They also may allow students to earn post-secondary credit (but generally only after they receive a sufficiently high score on a national, standardized test in that subject).NIMAS is only a standard for preparation of text files—it does not assign responsibility to provide accessible instructional materials to any entity.Under 612(a)(23) and 613(a)(6) [300.172 and 300.210] the SEA and LEA have the responsibility to provide print instructional materials to blind and other print disabled persons in a timely manner. This responsibility would extend to all courses that the SEA and LEA offer for elementary school or secondary school credit, even if they are provided by another entity through a contract or other arrangement with the SEA or LEA. Of course, the SEA or LEA could, as a part of its contract with the other entity, require that entity to make Braille versions of the materials available to the students who need them.
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