1. (a) Pursuant to 1 Texas Administrative Code §206.74, each institution of higher education shall publish to its website a current accessibility policy, which must reflect at a minimum:

   1. (1) Confirmation of the institution's compliance with the standards and specifications of this chapter; and
   2. (2) An institution-approved plan by which the institution will bring EIR into and maintain compliance with the Technical Accessibility Standards and Specifications of this chapter, which must include a process for corrective actions to remediate non-compliant items.

2. (b) The president or chancellor of an institution of higher education or information resources manager shall designate a Digital Accessibility Officer who must be organizationally placed to oversee institution-wide EIR accessibility compliance and digital accessibility best practices in support of their internal accessibility policies and initiatives.

   1. (1) In filling this role, the institution of higher education may employ an individual solely for this purpose or may add this responsibility to a current employee's existing job duties.
   2. (2) An institution of higher education must inform DIR of their designation of a Digital Accessibility Officer, which must include the individual's name, contact information, and other information in the format prescribed by the department.
   3. (3) An institution of higher education shall inform the department within 30 days whenever the institution of higher education Digital Accessibility Officer position is vacant or when the institution of higher education has designated a new Digital Accessibility Officer

Source Note:The provisions of this §213.41 adopted to be effective September 16, 2008, 33 TexReg 7744; amended to be effective September 18, 2014, 39 TexReg 7565; amended to be effective December 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 7679; amended to be effective June 16, 2026, 51 TexReg 3877.