The purpose of the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard Implementation Advisory Council (NIMAS Implementation Advisory Council) will be to maintain, advance, and support the adoption of the NIMAS at the state level. These activities are designed to facilitate the timely provision of accessible versions of core print instructional materials to qualifying students. Membership will include state NIMAS leaders/coordinators, state assistive technology (AT) agencies staff, NIMAS Technical Assistance Center staff, the National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC) staff, curriculum publishers, and experts in the production of Braille, audio, e-text, and large print products as required. NIMAS Implementation Advisory Council members will be appointed by the NIMAS Technical Assistance Center to a two-year renewable term. Subsequent member nominations will be submitted to the NIMAS Technical Assistance Center and to the Council.
Following initial appointments in the Fall of 2007, governance procedures and membership will be publicized here on the NIMAS web site, and meetings of both groups will continue to remain open to the public.
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A list of our inaugural term members (January, 2008–January, 2010) is available.
The meetings of the NIMAS Development Committee are open to the public and the notes from Committee meetings are posted online after each meeting.
"A diverse committee of stakeholders-including curriculum publishers, disability advocates and researchers, assistive technology developers, policymakers, educators, and parents-will inform the NIMAS Center's work."
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The NIMAS Development and Technical Assistance Center, supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), works with states, TA systems, disability advocates, national associations, technology experts, publishers and content conversion houses to improve the timely delivery of high quality accessible educational materials to students with disabilities.The NIMAS Center was launched on October 1, 2004.The project officer for both the Development and TA Centers is Bonnie Jones, Ed.D. Opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the Department of Education's position or policy.
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