viding access to instructional materials in specialized 
formats. 
(7) To take such administrative steps as may 
be needed to coordinate the efficient acquisition and 
distribution of instructional materials in the national 
electronic file format prescribed under section 3(a). 
(8) Promptly to forward to the appropriate 
publisher of instructional materials a request made 
under section 4(b)(2)(B) received for materials need-
ed for a teacher. 
(9) To develop, adopt, and publish procedures 
to protect against copyright infringement and other-
wise to administratively assure compliance with title 
17, United States Code, with respect to the instruc-
tional materials provided under this Act. 
(c) CONTRACT AUTHORIZED.—To assist in carrying 
out subsection (a), the Secretary shall award, on a com-
petitive basis, a contract renewable on a biannual basis 
with a nonprofit organization, or with a consortium of 
such organizations, determined by the Secretary to be best 
qualified to carry out the responsibilities described in sub-
section (b). The contractor shall report directly to the As-
sistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative 
Services of the Department of Education.
SEC. 6. GRANTS FOR CAPACITY BUILDING. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO AWARD GRANTS.—The Secretary 
may award grants to the eligible entities under subsection 
(b) (or a consortium of such entities) to provide or improve 
the capacity of such entities to prepare or obtain instruc-
tional materials in specialized formats (including the na-
tional electronic format prescribed under section 3(a)). 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The following are entities 
eligible for a grant under this section: 
(1) State educational agencies. 
(2) Regional consortia of State educational 
agencies. 
(3) Local educational agencies. 
(4) Nonprofit organizations the primary mission 
of which is to provide specialized services relating to 
training, education, or adaptive reading or the infor-
mation access needs of blind persons or other per-
sons with print disabilities. 
(c) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity that desires to 
receive a grant under this section shall submit an applica-
tion to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may require. 
The application shall include each of the following: 
(1) A description of the entity’s current capac-
ity to prepare instructional materials in specialized 
formats.
(2) The entity’s assessment of needs to be met 
within the geographic area to be served. 
(3) A plan for working with other similar enti-
ties in order to ensure a coordinated approach in 
meeting such needs. 
(4) A description of proposed training of tran-
scribers and others who prepare instructional mate-
rials in specialized formats and, if appropriate, spec-
ification of the technology to be obtained and used 
in the program. 
(5) An assurance that the entity is, and shall 
remain, in compliance with the provisions of section 
121 of title 17, United States Code, regarding the 
reproduction and distribution of copyrighted instruc-
tional materials in specialized formats. 
(d) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary may prescribe 
rules or procedures to carry out this section. 
SEC. 7. ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) RIGHTS, REMEDIES, AND PROCEDURES.—The 
rights, remedies, and procedures available to children and 
parents under subsections (b)(6), (e), (f), and (g) of sec-
tion 615 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1415) and section 504 of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) shall be the rights, remedies, 
and procedures available under this Act to children and
parents aggrieved by violations of this Act by any State 
educational agency or local educational agency. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This Act may not be 
construed to limit any right, remedy, or procedure other-
wise available under any other provision of Federal law 
that provides greater or equal protection for the rights of 
blind persons or other persons with print disabilities. 
SEC. 8. RELATIONSHIP TO SECTION 121 OF THE COPYRIGHT 
ACT. 
(a) AUTHORIZED ENTITY.—A publisher that provides 
instructional materials to a State educational agency or 
local educational agency in the national electronic file for-
mat prescribed under section 3(a), shall, for such pur-
poses, be considered an authorized entity within the mean-
ing of section 121 of title 17, United States Code. 
(b) NONINFRINGING USE.—Reproduction or distribu-
tion of instructional materials in a large print format ex-
clusively for use by blind persons, or other persons with 
print disabilities, in elementary schools or secondary 
schools shall be considered a noninfringing use of such 
materials when conducted by an authorized entity (as that 
term is defined in section 121 of title 17, United States 
Code).