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GA SR1201
Resolution
Status
Engrossed
3/18/2014
Primary Sponsor
Lester Jackson
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AI Summary
- Urges the Georgia State Board of Education to study and develop guidelines for integrating Braille instruction in classrooms to enable every blind or visually impaired child to communicate and learn effectively
- Calls for ensuring that teachers providing instruction to blind or visually impaired students are able to read and write in Braille and are properly trained in how to teach using Braille
- Recommends that textbook publishers furnish electronic versions of materials in the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) format to the National Instructional Materials Access Center to improve access for blind or visually impaired students
- Recognizes Braille literacy as essential for education, employment, and success for blind and visually impaired individuals, and that lack of accessible materials denies equal educational opportunity
- Adopted by the Georgia Senate; sponsored by Senators Jackson of the 2nd and Harbison of the 15th, with the Secretary of the Senate directed to transmit a copy to the State Board of Education
Legislative Description
State Board of Education; urged to study and adopt guidelines for integrating Braille instruction
Last Action
Senate Passed/Adopted
3/18/2014
Full Bill Text
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