Texas

State Education Agency Information

Texas Education Agency

ADDRESS
1701 N. Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701
PHONE
(512) 463-9734

State NIMAS/NIMAC Coordinator

Brent Pitt, Manager, IDEA Coordination Division

ADDRESS
Texas Education Agency
1701 N. Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701-1494
PHONE
(512) 463-9414
EMAIL
Brent [dot] Pitt [at] tea [dot] state [dot] tx [dot] us

 

AIM and NIMAS Web Site Resources at State Education Agency

TX provides an Opens new windowAIM page at their SEA site.

There is additional AIM-related information at the following URL: Opens new windowhttp://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/textbooks/faq.html.

Instructional Materials Acquisition (adoption or open territory)

Texas is a textbook adoption state. More information is available at the SEA's Opens new windowDivision of Instructional Materials and Educational Technology page.

SEA Policies and Practices

SEA adopts NIMAS?
Yes
SEA coordinates with the NIMAC?
Yes
LEAs coordinate with the NIMAC?
?

NIMAC Authorized User(s)

Learning Ally: Opens new windowhttp://www.learningally.org/

Bookshare: Opens new windowwww.bookshare.org

Selected Accessible Media Producers (AMPs)

No information has been provided regarding the SEA's accessible media producers.

State Definition of Timely Manner for the Delivery of AIM to Students

No information has been provided regarding the SEA's definition of "timely manner."

AIM-Related State Laws and Regulations

Texas re-posts the July, 2006 version of the Opens new windowNIMAS Technical Specification.

Texas' SEA site also posts a September, 2005 notice, Opens new windowProposed Amendments to the Proclamation 2005, that contains some NIMAS- and NIMAC-related information.

A document published in November, 2008, Opens new windowProclamation 2010: Q&A Vol. 2, also includes some AIM- and NIMAS-related information (PDF).

Parent Information & Advocacy Resources

No information has been provided regarding the SEA's parent information and advocacy resources.

SEA Web Links

Texas Assistive Technology Network: Opens new windowhttp://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=2147498077


Last Updated: 05/16/2012