22-15-30: Guidelines.

The department, in consultation with representatives from educational institutions and publishers, shall adopt guidelines consistent with the Braille Access Act [22-15-26 to 22-15-31 NMSA 1978] for the implementation and administration of that act. The guidelines shall address all of the following:

A. the designation of instructional materials deemed required or essential to student success;

B. definitions clarifying what constitutes nontextual mathematics or science instructional materials that use mathematical notations and clarifying a publisher's obligations in regard to such instructional materials;

C. definitions clarifying what is required to maintain structural integrity and requirements for textual descriptions of pictures, illustrations, graphs and charts;

D. requirements for approval and procurement of textbooks that are available in a computer or electronic format and procedures for suspension of publishers from the procurement process if the publisher fails to comply with the provisions of the Braille Access Act;

E. an administrative complaint process to be followed for complaints against a publisher;

F. definitions clarifying what constitutes "educational purposes"; and

G. any other matters the department deems necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the Braille Access Act.