H.R. 3505: TEACH Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-11-15 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-11-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

TEACH Act

Plain summary

Technology, Equality and Accessibility in College and Higher Education Act or the TEACH Act - Directs the Access Board to develop accessibility guidelines for electronic instructional materials and related information technologies in institutions of higher education (IHEs). Requires those guidelines to: (1) include performance criteria to ensure that electronic instructional materials and related information technologies are accessible to the blind and disabled; (2) be consistent with the standards for technical and functional performance criteria issued pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and (3) be, to the extent practicable, consistent with national and international accessibility standards for those materials and technologies. Directs the Access Board to review and, as appropriate, amend the guidelines every three years to reflect technological advances or changes in electronic instructional materials and related information technologies. Deems IHEs that use electronic instructional materials and related information technologies that comply with the guidelines to be in compliance with nondiscrimination provisions under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

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TEACH Act

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Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] · 53 cosponsors

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Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mark Takano (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Dina Titus (D-NV), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr3505.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr3505 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113