Each college should add inservice training in assistive technology for librarians, learning center and computer lab staff. Leadership Establishment of a Distance Education Task Force Colleges should include someone with disability expertise on campus committees. Technology related grants will need to address accessibility for people with disabilities. Progress towards meeting the OCR recommendations will be monitored through Disabled Student Services Programs and Services reviews and through contracted civil rights reviews of vocational education programs. The Chancellor's Office will apprise OCR of its progress.
Work continues on developing a cooperative purchasing plan.
Training Funds to obtain training for faculty and staff on using adaptive technology and making web site accessible. Language of grant agreement provisions requires electronic accessibility including accessible web sites. These Guidelines were sent by Chancellor Nussbaum to all California Community Colleges in early September 1999. Colleges implementing the Guidelines will be considered to be in compliance with the accessibility requirements of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. The Guidelines have adopted the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines created by the Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium as the standard.