RELATING TO EDUCATION; PROVIDING FOR ACCESSIBLE ELECTRONIC FORMATS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ENROLLED IN DISTANCE LEARNING AND USING COMPUTER-BASED COURSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. Section 21-2-5.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1988, Chapter 164, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

"21-2-5.1. FUNDING FORMULA.--

A. The commission on higher education shall develop a funding formula that will provide funding for each institution of higher education to accomplish its mission as determined by a statewide plan.

B. The commission on higher education may include factors in the funding formula, which when implemented will achieve the following:

Note: There are (1) - (12) other preceeding funding formula factors pertaining to institutions of higher education in New Mexico.

(13) require each institution of higher education that offers distance learning and computer-based courses of study to provide accompanying electronic formats that are usable by an individual with a disability using assistive technology, and those formats shall be based on the American standard code for information interchange, hypertext markup language and extensible markup language.

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For K-12 Public Schools

Section 2. A new section of the Public School Code is enacted to read:

"DISTANCE LEARNING AND COMPUTER-BASED COURSES.--Public schools that offer distance learning and computer-based courses of study shall provide accompanying electronic formats that are usable by a person with a disability using assistive technology, and those formats shall be based on the American standard code for information interchange, hypertext markup language and extensible markup language.”

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