37-23-199 - Textbook publishers that sell textbooks published after December 2008 to furnish computer files for Braille, audio and large print versions of literary subjects and NIMAS files for nonlite - Mississippi Statutes

§ 37-23-199. Textbook publishers that sell textbooks published after December 2008 to furnish computer files for Braille, audio and large print versions of literary subjects and NIMAS files for nonliterary subjects.
 

All textbook publishers that sell textbooks published after December 2008 to school districts within the state must furnish the State Department of Education with computer files for literary subjects in the National Instructional Media Access Standard (NIMAS) from which Braille, audio and large print versions of the textbooks can be produced. The publishers also shall furnish the department with NIMAS files for nonliterary subjects, including natural sciences, computer science, mathematics and music, published after December 2008. All books purchased must have appropriate accompanying reproduction files. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1995, ch. 571, § 5; Laws, 2008, ch. 380, § 5, eff from and after July 1, 2008.