S. 3410: AIM-HIGH Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-03-05 · Education · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-03-05 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] · what a sponsor is
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AIM-HIGH Act

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Access to Instructional Materials in Higher Education Act of 2020 or the AIM-HIGH Act This bill revises model demonstration programs requiring the Department of Education (ED) to award certain grants or contracts to eligible partnerships to develop systems for the timely delivery and quality of instructional materials to postsecondary students with print disabilities. Specifically, the bill (1) revises the definition of student with a print disability , and (2) requires such instructional materials to be commercially produced or open source and in accessible formats. Additionally, the bill requires eligible partnerships to include (1) one or more institutions of higher education with demonstrated expertise in meeting the needs of students with print disabilities, and (2) a public or private entity with demonstrated expertise in developing such materials in accessible formats. Such public or private entity must also have a demonstrated capability to partner with national consumer organizations with the capacity to engage postsecondary students with print disabilities in the development and implementation of such materials. It also authorizes ED to complete a national expansion of such model programs.

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AIM-HIGH Act

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Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] · 1 cosponsors

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s3410.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s3410 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116