US Congress Senate Bill 3095 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: Introduced on December 18 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-12-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Creates a commission to develop voluntary guidelines for postsecondary electronic instruction materials and related technologies. Specifically, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the Secretary of Education must establish an independent commission to (1) develop and issue voluntary accessibility guidelines for postsecondary electronic instructional materials and related technologies, (2) develop a model framework for pilot testing such materials and technologies, and (3) produce an annotated list of information technology standards. The Department of Education must review and, as appropriate, update the voluntary guidelines, pilot testing framework, and information technology standards every five years.

AIM HIGH Act Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education Act

Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]
Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-12-18	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB5312 (Related) 2019-12-05 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
HB4643 (Related) 2019-10-11 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3095/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3095/BILLS-116s3095is.pdf