WEB-ACCESSIBILITY DEADLINE LOOMS FOR FEDS--SCHOOLS NEXT?
An amendment to the Rehabilitation Act, which requires federal
agencies to make their technology accessible to the disabled,
will take effect June 21. Association for the Blind technology
consultant Ross Doerr said the law is a likely precursor
to similar regulations on the state level that will affect school
districts. Under the mandate, new federal technology acquisitions
and current Web sites must be fully accessible to the hearing or
sight impaired. For example, images must be accompanied with text
that can be translated by a text-reader, and multimedia content
must be augmented with synchronized audio. Many federal agencies
have bought software to help them automate this upgrade process.
Doerr suggested that educators might want to contact their state
education departments to get a head start on incorporating
accessibility issues into their curricula
(eSchool News Online, 5 June 2001)

Reading this item, does that means that colleges/universities are not under
Section 508 regardless of whether they are the recipients of federal
financial assistance?
Mike Yared
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