Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 15 > Chapter 7 > Article 2.1 - Accessibility to Textbooks and Instructional Material

• Accessible electronic file: means , until a national file format is adopted by the United States department of education, a digital file in a mutually agreed on by the publisher and the local educational agency electronic file format that has been prepared using a markup language that maintains the structural integrity of the information and can be processed by conversion software. See Arizona Laws 15-731
• Authorized entity: means an authorized entity, as defined by 17 United States Code § 121, that commonly provides alternative format school materials that are accessible by schools in this state and that has the vendor's authorization to make alternative formats. See Arizona Laws 15-731
• Child with a disability: means a pupil who is subject to an individualized education program pursuant to the individuals with disabilities education act (20 United States Code §§ 1400 through 1415) or a pupil with a section 504 plan, and whose section 504 accommodation plan requires the use of instructional materials in a specialized format. See Arizona Laws 15-731
• Governing board: means a body organized for the government and management of the schools within a school district or a county school superintendent in the conduct of an accommodation school. See Arizona Laws 15-101
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Markup: The process by which congressional committees and subcommittees debate, amend, and rewrite proposed legislation.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association or public or private organization of any kind. See Arizona Laws 15-101
• Private school: means a nonpublic institution where instruction is imparted. See Arizona Laws 15-101
• public school: means any public institution established for the purposes of offering instruction to pupils in programs for preschool children with disabilities, kindergarten programs or any combination of elementary grades or secondary grades one through twelve. See Arizona Laws 15-101
• School district: means a political subdivision of this state with geographic boundaries organized for the purpose of the administration, support and maintenance of the public schools or an accommodation school. See Arizona Laws 15-101
• Structural integrity: means the structure of all parts of the printed instructional material is kept intact to the extent feasible and as mutually agreed on by the publisher and the local educational agency. See Arizona Laws 15-731
• Subject: means a division or field of organized knowledge, such as English or mathematics, or a selection from an organized body of knowledge for a course or teaching unit, such as the English novel or elementary algebra. See Arizona Laws 15-101
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Vendor: means a person or entity that offers printed or nonprinted instructional materials for commercial sale to a school district and other public schools. See Arizona Laws 15-731