Florida
State Education Agency Information
325 West Gaines Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
State NIMAS/NIMAC Coordinator
Leanne Grillot, Program Specialist
Turlington Building, Suite 614
325 West Gaines Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
AIM and NIMAS Web Site Resources at State Education Agency
Floridas NIMAS resources include a re-posting of a NIMAS policy brief published in April of 2008: 
http://www.fldoe.org/ese/pdf/NIMAS-Policy_Brief-2008-04.pdf
Information for LEAs is provided in the State of Florida Public Schools Instructional Materials Contract (PDF document): http://www.fldoe.org/BII/Instruct_Mat/pdf/contract1.pdf
Floridas OSEP resources include a re-posting of the federal regulations relevant to the NIMAS (PDF document): http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-8700.pdf
Instructional Materials Acquisition (adoption or open territory)
Florida is a textbook adoption state. The State Instructional Materials Committee (SIMC) reviews and selects instructional materials and a list of these is reviewed, finalized, and formally adopted by the Commissioner of Education (Dr. Eric J. Smith, Commissioner [at] fldoe [dot] org).
SEA Policies and Practices
NIMAC Authorized User(s)
NIMAS Florida housed at the Florida Instructional Materials Center for the Visually Impaired (FIMC-VI) serves as an authorized user for the state of Florida.
Selected Accessible Media Producers (AMPs)
Instructional materials in specialized formats for eligible students are assigned to accessible media producers (AMPs) as these materials are requested by school districts via NIMAS Florida's online web-based ordering system.
State Definition of Timely Manner for the Delivery of AIM to Students
In the document entitled "The Florida Department of Education Implementation Plan for the Timely Delivery of Accessible Instructional Materials and the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard," timely manner is defined as follows: "Print instructional materials in accessible formats are provided to children with print disabilities at the same time that other children receive those materials."
AIM-Related State Laws and Regulations
Section 1003.55, Florida Statutes indicates, in the fifth parenthesis, the following:
Any publisher of a textbook adopted pursuant to the state instructional materials adoption process shall furnish the Department of Education with a computer file in an electronic format specified by the department at least 2 years in advance that is readily translatable to braille and can be used for large print or speech access. Any textbook reproduced pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be purchased at a price equal to the price paid for the textbook as adopted. The Department of Education shall not reproduce textbooks obtained pursuant to this subsection in any manner that would generate revenues for the department from the use of such computer files or that would preclude the rightful payment of fees to the publisher for use of all or some portion of the textbook. http://www.flsenate.gov/statutes/index.cfm?mode=View%20Statutes&SubMenu=1&App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=1003.55&URL=1000-1099/1003/Sections/1003.55.html
Reference to the NIMAS is made in paragraph 9 of Floridas sample contract for textbook adoption: https://www.fldoe.org/bii/instruct_mat/pdf/ContractShell2009.pdf.
NIMAS language may be found in the specifications documents for state adoptions, posted to the Instructional Materials web site: Bureau of Curriculum and Instruction, Instructional Materials Office: http://www.fldoe.org/bii/instruct_mat/.
See also the PDF documents posted to Floridas DOE web site regarding state laws and regulations: Florida Statutes; Policy and Procedures.
Parent Information & Advocacy Resources
SEA Web Links
Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services: www.fldoe.org/ese
State Instructional Materials Committee email address: imstaff [at] fldoe [dot] org