November 7, 2006

Policy Directive
EO 926
Recent Legislation
Government Code 11135
(Section 508)
ATI
Recent Office for Civil Rights
Actions in 4 CSUs

Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act ( Federal)
No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States …shall be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance ” http://ericec.org/sect504.html
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 (Federal)
Provides a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/pubs/ada.txt
California Education Code § 67302 (AB 422) (1999) (State)
Requires publishers to provide e-text to eligible students with print-related disabilities http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/99-00/bill/asm/ab_0401-0450/ab_422_bill_19990915_chaptered.html
Section 508 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act (1998) (Federal)
Applies accessibility standards to procurement and development of electronic and information technologies by federal government agencies www.section508.gov
SB 105 (Burton), 2002 (State)
Applied section 508 of the federal Rehabilitation Act to state governmental entities regarding accessibility of electronic and information technology http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/01-02/bill/sen/sb_0101-0150/sb_105_bill_20020929_chaptered.html
SB 302 (Kuehl), 2003 (State)
Applies Section 508 to the CSU and codified in California Government Code 11135 (effective January
2004) http://www.spb.ca.gov/civilrights/documents/CALIFORNIA_CODES_11.pdf

Disability Support and Accommodations Audit
Report of 2002 www.calstate.edu/audit/Audit_Reports/dsa/2002/0233DSASystemwide.pdf
Executive Order 926: The Board of Trustees Policy on Disability Support and Accommodations,
January 2005 www.calstate.edu/eo/EO-926.html
Coded Memo AA 2006-41: “Access to Electronic and Information Technology for Persons with
Disabilities”, September 29, 2006 http://www.calstate.edu/acadAff/codedmemos/AA-2006-41.pdf

Web Accessibility
Instructional Materials
Accessibility
Procurement of Accessible
E&IT

ATI Steering
Committee
ATI Priority 1 Team
Web Accessibility
ATI II Priority 2
Team
Instructional
Materials
ATI Priority 3 Team
Procurement
Accessible Electronic and Information

ATI Task Force Steering Committee
Members:
Bill Post , Vice Provost for Information Resources (Executive Sponsor)
Drew Calandrella , Vice President Student Affairs (Co-sponsor)
Jerry Ringel , Director of Computing and User Support (Priority 1)
Bill Loker , Dean of Undergraduate Education (Priority 2)
Pattie Jenkins , Director of Procurement and Contract Services (Priority 3)
Gayle Hutchinson , Academic Senate Chair (Priorities 1-3)
Sandy Parsons , Disability Support Services (Priorities 1-3)

ATI Priority 1 Team – Web Accessibility
Members:
Jerry Ringel (Lead) CAUS
Sandy Parsons, DSS
Patrick Berry, WEBD
Kathy Fernandes, ATEC
Faculty member TBD
Key Staff:
Lauri Evans, DSS
Tony Dunn, ATEC
Peter DiFalco, TLP
Kay Schenk, ADED

ATI Priority 2 Team – Instructional Materials
Members:
Provost (Lead)
Sandy Parsons, DSS
Sara Trechter, Acad Senate
Jed Wyrick, Acad Senate
Paul Persons, Acad Senate
Bill Loker, Dean UED
Kathy Fernandes, ATEC
Jerry Ringel, CAUS
Chris Prator, DSS
Key Staff:
Lauri Evans, DSS
Nancy Hermanson, DSS
Steve Dubey, AS-BKST

ATI Priority 3 Team – Procurement
Members:
Pattie Jenkins (Lead), FIN
Sandy Parsons, DSS
Jerry Ringel, CAUS
Van Alexander, DSS

OVERALL TIMELINE
Priority One - Web Accessibility
Evaluate top 20 most accessed webpages from campus website
New and Updated webpages, websites and web content must comply with accessibility standards
Complete websites and application self-evaluation
FY 2006-2007 FY 2007-2008 FY 2008-2009
Due Date J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J
Jan-07
Mar-07
15-May-07
15-Jun-07 Submission of Self-Evaluation and Technology Access Transition Plan
All new and exisiting websites, webpages, web content including legacy content must comply
Submission of Year Two Progress Report
Submission of Assesment Report
Priority Two - Instructional Materials Accessibility
Instructional Materials Accessibility Plan Development
Submission of plan
Accessible design incorporated in technology-enabled courses
15-May-08
15-Jun-08
15-Jun-09
Jun-07
15-Jun-07
1-Jul-07
New technology-enabled courses include accessibility components
Course redesign include accessibility components
Accessible components added when disability student enrolls
15-Jun-07
1-Jul-07
15-Jun-08
All new and exisiting technology-enabled courses incorporate accessibility 1-Jul-09
Submission of Year 2 Progress Report
Submission of Assessment Report
Priority Three - Accessible Electronic and Information Technology
(E&IT) Procurement
15-Jun-08
1-Jul-09
Develop Procurement of E & IT Policy and implementation plan Jan-07
Pilot implementation of procurement process begins for RFPs and RFQs
Submission of Accessible E & IT Procurement Progress Report
Implement E & IT Policy for purchases
Purchases except credit card
Purchases including credit card
Submission of Year 2 Progress Report
Submission of Assessment Report
Jan-07
15-Jun-07
1-Jul-07
1-Mar-08
15-Jun-08
15-Jun-09

CSU, Chico policy draft
Sara Trechter, Jed Wyrick, Paul Persons
Communication Plan
ATI Initiative work plan/documents posted to DSS website
Schedule team meetings beginning week of
November 13 th
Link http://www.calstate.edu/accessibility