HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2653        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3681

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act To ensure equal access to college course materials for visually impaired students..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 30A of Chapter 69 shall be amended by adding at the end of the first paragraph the following sentence:-- Provided further in establishing said standards, the Board shall require textbooks and all other source-related materials be made available in both Braille and electronic versions to legally blind students who request them.