You are here:

NCAC: Research & Solutions: Policy: State Accessible Curriculum Policy Survey

50 State Accessible Curriculum Policy Survey

Back to Summary Page

IOWA

On April 3, 2003 we spoke to Carol Greta, Legal Consultant to the Iowa Department of Education.

• There is no specific state law requiring publishers to provide electronic files

• Everything is done on a district-by-district basis

• The district makes the accommodations for each student based on the IEP

• There is some state funding to reimburse districts

• The teacher tells the curriculum coordinator, who may contact the publisher for the file or may contact someone else to get large print or Braille. But it's voluntary for publishers to provide files

• For more information on actual stages of getting accessible materials, call Richard Hanzelka at the Iowa Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development at (563) 332-8357

Links and Contact Information

Department of Education: http://www.state.ia.us/educate/

Contacts

Carol Greta, Legal Consultant
Iowa Department of Education
Tel. (515) 281-8661
E-mail: carol.greta@ed.state.ia.us

Richard Hanzelka,
Iowa Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Tel. (563) 332-8357

Susan Brennan, Deaf and Blind Education Services
Tel. (515) 281-3954
E-mail: susan.brennan@ed.state.ia.us

DeeAnn L. Wilson, Special Education Consumer Relations
Tel. (515) 281-5766
E-mail: deeann.wilson@ed.state.ia.us

Back to Summary Page