Iowa
State Education Agency Information
Iowa Department of Education
Des Moines, IA 50319-0146
State NIMAS/NIMAC Coordinator
Beth Hirst
524 4th Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2364
AIM and NIMAS Web Site Resources at State Education Agency
Iowa DOE web site includes information regarding the NIMAS and the NIMAC on its Assistive Technology page, on which a link to the NIMAS web site is included: 
http://educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=572&Itemid=1607.
The Iowa DOE web site also includes a variety of NIMAS-specific and NIMAS-related information on its Assistive Technology and NIMAS page: http://educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1600&Itemid=2379.
Iowa has developed a new web site (True AIM) devoted to AIM (including NIMAS-related information): http://trueaim.iowa.gov. Information regarding the states AIM-related mission and goals can be accessed via the state's TrueAIM sub-site (About True AIM page): http://educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2564:about-true-aim&catid=1144:true-aim&Itemid=4657.
Instructional Materials Acquisition (adoption or open territory)
Iowa 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)
The Iowa Department for the Blind and Bookshare.org have been designated as the state's authorized users (AUs).
- Iowa Department for the Blinds Instructional Materials Center
- Requests for alternate-format textbooks may be made online at http://www.idbonline.org/form/imc
- Bookshare.org
Selected Accessible Media Producers (AMPs)
State Definition of Timely Manner for the Delivery of AIM to Students
The state's AIM sub-site states that "timely manner" is defined as "the same time as non-disabled peers receive their textbooks and core related instructional materials" (http://www.legis.state.ia.us/aspx/ACODocs/DOCS/12-14-2011.281.41.172.pdf).
AIM-Related State Laws and Regulations
Iowa's True AIM Legal Requirements page: http://educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2566:legal-requirements&catid=1144:true-aim&Itemid=4658
Parent Information & Advocacy Resources
Iowa's Parent-Educator Connection (PEC) page: http://educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=601&Itemid=1601