Delaware
State Education Agency Information
Delaware Department of Education
401 Federal Street
Dover, Delaware 19901
State NIMAS/NIMAC Coordinator
Sarah Celestin, NIMAS State Coordinator
John G. Townsend Building, Suite 2
401 Federal Street
Dover, Delaware 19901-3639
AIM and NIMAS Web Site Resources at State Education Agency
Delaware has a
NIMAS information page that includes links to resources and general, policy, and procedure information provided by OSEP, the NIMAS web site, the NIMAC, AFB, and others.
Instructional Materials Acquisition (adoption or open territory)
Delaware is an open territory state with no centralized textbook acquisition. The selection and purchase of textbooks and instructional materials is a local district activity.
SEA Policies and Practices
NIMAC Authorized User(s)
Selected Accessible Media Producers (AMPs)
State Definition of Timely Manner for the Delivery of AIM to Students
Delaware's state law states that "each public agency shall take reasonable steps to provide instructional materials in accessible formats to children with disabilities who need those instructional materials at the same time as other children receive instructional materials."
AIM-Related State Laws and Regulations
Delaware re-posts the relevant NIMAS portion of the federal IDEA re-authorization regulations:
http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/students_family/specialed/files/NIMAS%20regs.pdf and links to the ed.gov sites
Topical Brief on NIMAS as well as other similar links, all found on their NIMAS information page as noted above.
Parent Information & Advocacy Resources
SEA Web Links
All links relevant to the NIMAS may be found at
http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/students_family/specialed/nimas.shtml. While Delaware does have an AIM page on the SEA web site, it is a list of links to outside resources, all but 1 of which re-directs users to various pages to be found on one of CASTs web pages:
http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/students_family/specialed/aim.shtml.