3.0.0 3095 2022-10-28T01:46:16Z 2022-10-28T01:46:16Z Senate S 2019-12-18 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-12-18T21:02:59Z AIM HIGH Act 116 5312 HR 2019-12-05 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS Improving Access to Higher Education Act of 2019 116 4643 HR 2019-10-11 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS 2019-12-18 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-12-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. N B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2019-12-18 True S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK 2019-12-18 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2019-12-18 True E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2019-12-18 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2020-02-05 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2020-02-24 False R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2020-03-02 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-06-18 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-11-16 False Education Advisory bodies Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Department of Education Disability and paralysis Education of the disadvantaged Educational technology and distance education Government studies and investigations Higher education Teaching, teachers, curricula Technology assessment Education 00 2019-12-18 Introduced in Senate 2020-07-16T13:35:03Z Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education Act or the AIM HIGH Act

This bill 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 Display Title AIM HIGH Act Short Title(s) as Introduced AIM HIGH Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to develop voluntary guidelines for accessible postsecondary electronic instructional materials and related technologies, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3095is/xml/BILLS-116s3095is.xml 2019-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.