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<p class="MsoNormal">That is an earlier document; the final judgement is here: <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.671736/gov.uscourts.cacd.671736.330.0.pdf">
https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.671736/gov.uscourts.cacd.671736.330.0.pdf</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark C. Mintz<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 22, 2019 12:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] NFB V LACCD - Federal Court Rules in Favor of Blind Students<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is this it?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.docketbird.com/court-documents/Roy-Payan-et-al-v-Los-Angeles-Community-College-District-et-al/FINDINGS-OF-FACT-AND-CONCLUSIONS-OF-LAW-signed-by-Judge-Stephen-V-Wilson-See-document-for-details-mrgo/cacd-2:2017-cv-01697-00267">https://www.docketbird.com/court-documents/Roy-Payan-et-al-v-Los-Angeles-Community-College-District-et-al/FINDINGS-OF-FACT-AND-CONCLUSIONS-OF-LAW-signed-by-Judge-Stephen-V-Wilson-See-document-for-details-mrgo/cacd-2:2017-cv-01697-00267</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Mark Mintz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Assistive Technology Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Pasadena City College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Room D208<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sean Keegan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 21, 2019 7:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] NFB V LACCD - Federal Court Rules in Favor of Blind Students<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The NFB link you provided included the first paragraph, but did not include the information about the judgement. Several people have sent me snippets of the judgment, but no one has been able to share the actual document itself. Can you
 provide a link to where you found the actual judgement?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sean<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 6:10 PM Bossley, Peter A. <<a href="mailto:bossley.5@osu.edu" target="_blank">bossley.5@osu.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Many of you have probably seen this floating around but I hadn’t seen it posted here yet.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="gmail-m343997124497865803gmail-m-553805227286209881p1">From the NFB release:
<a href="https://nfb.org/about-us/press-room/federal-court-rules-favor-blind-students" target="_blank">
https://nfb.org/about-us/press-room/federal-court-rules-favor-blind-students</a> <o:p>
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<p class="gmail-m343997124497865803gmail-m-553805227286209881p1">“The Federal District Court for the Central District of California Found that LACCD violated the students’ rights under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation<o:p></o:p></p>
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Act of 1973 by, among other things, failing to provide them with accessible documents and course materials, failing to provide equal access to library<o:p></o:p></p>
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resources, procuring and using inaccessible educational technology, and maintaining an inaccessible website. The court specifically criticized the use<o:p></o:p></p>
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of the Pearson MyMathLab product, finding that Los Angeles Community College failed “to provide [Roy] Payan with meaningful access to his course materials<o:p></o:p></p>
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in the math classes in which Payan enrolled, either through the MyMathLab software program or via equivalent accessible assignments from a math textbook<o:p></o:p></p>
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in a timely manner.””<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:7.5pt"> From my perspective, a</span>lthough the order leaves intact the allowance for alternative means of access, it does significantly raise the bar for
 that alternative from “substantially equivalent” to “<b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt">prior to or at the same time</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt"> sighted students are provided access</span></i><span style="font-size:7.5pt">”. If this signals
 the future of NFB advocacy efforts around digital accessibility, it will make up front accessibility all the more critical in higher education; with the 24/7 anytime nature of online technology, were this enhanced standard for alternative access to spread,
 it seems near impossible to meet without full native accessibility up front.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:7.5pt">From the judgement, a few of the most </span>salient points:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:7.5pt">“Within one year of the date of this Order, LACCD shall evaluate LACC's integrated library system website
<span style="color:black;background:yellow">and all library databases</span> available to students enrolled at LACC to determine whether the library resources are fully accessible to blind students. LACCD shall
<span style="color:black;background:yellow">either</span> (a) <span style="color:black;background:yellow">
discontinue</span> the use of any inaccessible library databases, inaccessible documents contained in library databases, or other inaccessible library resources available to students enrolled at LACC or (b)
<span style="color:black;background:yellow">establish alternative means</span> of providing access to the equivalent benefits of the inaccessible library resources to blind students in a timely manner, i.e.,
<span style="color:black;background:yellow">prior to or at the same time sighted students are provided access
</span>to those library resources, including outside of the classroom;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="gmail-m343997124497865803gmail-m-553805227286209881p1"><span style="font-size:7.5pt"> Within one year of the date of this Order, LACCD shall ensure that the
<span style="color:black;background:yellow">LACCD website</span>, the LACC website, and all other educational or instructional websites available to students enrolled at LACC,
<span style="color:black;background:yellow">including all educational resources or embedded programs</span> on those websites (<b><span style="color:red;background:yellow">such as PeopleSoft</span></b>) made available to LACC students, are accessible to blind
 students in accordance with WCAG 2.1 Level AA standards;”<span class="gmail-m343997124497865803gmail-m-553805227286209881apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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