Virginia
State Education Agency Information
Virginia Department of Education
101 N. 14th Street
Richmond, VA 23218
State NIMAS/NIMAC Coordinator
John Eisenberg, Education Specialist in Assistive Technology
Virginia Department of Education
Richmond, VA
AIM and NIMAS Web Site Resources at State Education Agency
The VDOEs Division of Special Education & Student Services web page (
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/about/spec_ed_and_stu_svs/index.shtml) includes an Instructional Support & Related Services description which includes a link to a separate, accessible instructional materials web site: http://kihd.gmu.edu/aim. (Note that this site cannot be accessed from the ISRS sub-site, but only from the link included in its description on the SESS page.) The Virginia Acessible Instructional Materials (AIM) web site includes information about NIMAS, NIMAC, and related topics via a series of links, including the following:
- An overview of accessible instructional materials and NIMAS: http://kihd.gmu.edu/aim and http://kihd.gmu.edu/aim/aim_overview/
- Information for publishers: http://kihd.gmu.edu/aim/policies/aimva_publishers_info/
- Various forms and documents: http://kihd.gmu.edu/aim/training_resources/
Instructional Materials Acquisition (adoption or open territory)
Virginia is a textbook adoption state.
SEA Policies and Practices
NIMAC Authorized User(s)
While not explicitly stated as AUs for Virginia, the SEA provides a list of partnering agencies on their AIM sub-site Overview page.
Selected Accessible Media Producers (AMPs)
State Definition of Timely Manner for the Delivery of AIM to Students
See the What is AIM-VA? section of the AIM sub-site's Overview page.
AIM-Related State Laws and Regulations
See the Policies and Memos page: http://kihd.gmu.edu/aim/policies/