NIMAS/FloridaThe journey continues…

NIMAS/Florida is about … student

achievement!

The Legal Connection

• IDEA 2004–Accessible Instructional Materials

–NIMAS–Timely manner

NIMASNational Instructional Materials Accessibility

Standard

Standardized electronic file format used by textbook publishers facilitates the creation of accessible core instructional materials for students with disabilities.

NIMAC National Instructional

Materials Access CenterPicture of actual NIMAC in Kentucky

Link to search • Houses NIMAS XML files that can be converted

into accessible formats for use with qualifiedK-12 students

• Maintains procedures to protect against copyright infringement to accessible core instructional materials

Important Information

• Specialized formats do not include altering the content (i.e., the complexity) of the print instructional material.

• Instructional materials with copyrights prior to August 18, 2006, are not required to be placed in NIMAC by publishers. As a result, these titles will not be available through NIMAS/Florida.

NIMAS Journey in Florida

IEP Team• Meets• Reviews student data• Determines need for accessible instructional materials

• Does student qualify for NIMAS?

Who Qualifies?Qualifying Disability

Competent Authority(Certifies)

Certifying Professional

(Reviews)Blind20/200 or less in good eye with correction.

•MDs•DOs•Ophthalmologists•Optometrists•RNs•Therapists•Professional Staff

• Hospitals• Institutions • Public Welfare Agencies

•Teachers of students with Learning Disabilities•Instructional/Assistive Technology Specialists•ESE Program Specialists•Teachers of the Visually Impaired•Psychologists with background in Learning Disabilities•ESE Teachers•Staffing Specialists

Visually ImpairedVisual disability prevents reading of standard print materials.

Physically ImpairedUnable to hold book & turn page/Difficulty visually tracking lines of print.Print DisabilityReading disability due to organic dysfunction

•MD•DO

NIMAS Eligible Students A Subset of Students who Receive

Special Education Services

• IDEA • NIMAS

From the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs Presentation NIMAS (RIM 2007)

http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/,root,dynamic,TopicalArea,10,

IMPORTANT!!

• It should be noted that specific eligibility requirements for students to access instructional materials derived from NIMAS files are more restrictive than special education eligibility requirements. • Not all students with IEPs qualify to access these materials in specialized formats.

Next StepThe student has been certified by

the competent authority and proper documentation on IEP.

The school compiles a list of needed textbooks and core instructional materials

Investigate

FormatsIEP team determines appropriate

accessible formatsBraille Audio

Large Print Digital Text

Digital Rights Manager (DRM)

• If materials are not currently available then send list to DRM (up to 7 per county)

• DRM will submit the request using the web portal – Florida Instructional Materials Center (FIMC)

• FIMC Authorized User for State of Florida

FIMC

• FIMC orders NIMAS-derived files from NIMAC

• NIMAS files must be converted to specialized formats

• FIMC delivers requested formats to district DRM

• DRM delivers to student

Copyright Code defines “Specialized Formats”?• Section 121 (C)(3) of the Copyright Code (The Chafee Amendment)

identifies three formats eligible for use by students qualified to benefit from the Chafee exemption:

o “'specialized formats' means Braille, audio, or digital text which is exclusively for use by blind or other persons with disabilities" (Copyright Law Amendment 1996, National Library Service Factsheets, Washington, DC, 2006).

• IDEA 2004 in Section 306(2)(c)(3)(B)(4)(B) modifies this statute to include large print as an allowable, “specialized” format:

o “with respect to print instructional materials, includes large print formats when such materials are distributed exclusively for use by blind or other persons with disabilities.'‘

Before You Order

• Gather all information regarding:– The Book(s)

• ISBN*• Title• Author(s)• Copyright Date• Publisher

• Alternate Format required

• Shipping Location• Subject• Grade level• Alternate versions

*ISBN, or International Standard Book Number, is a unique numeric identifier. The ISBN has either 10 or 13 digits. A national edition of a textbook will have a different ISBN than a Florida Edition.