Responsibilities of publishers

1. A. All publishers submitting instructional materials for adoption on the department’s multiple list must agree through a signed contract with the department to provide, at no additional cost, NIMAS-conformant files of any printed instructional materials, on or before delivery of the printed instructional materials to the publisher’s New Mexico distribution point, to the NIMAC at the American printing house for the blind. The publisher must also agree that the NIMAS-conformant files provided to NIMAC include the latest corrections and revisions of the printed instructional materials.

2. B. Publishers may require written assurance from the educational institution that:

   (1) the alternate accessible or specialized formats of the printed instructional materials will be used solely for the student’s educational purposes; and

   (2) the student or educational institution will not copy, publish or in any other way distribute the alternate accessible or specialized formats of printed instructional materials for use by anyone other than the original student, except that the educational institution may provide the instructional materials to another qualifying student who has signed a statement or, if a minor, whose parent on behalf of the student has signed a statement agreeing to the terms contained in this subsection and unless it is otherwise permitted by federal law.

[6.75.4.10 NMAC - N, 12-14-06]