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I want to gather examples of technical accessibility compliance statements to insert into an RFP document for my agency. We are working to identify a Student Success and Advising software solution for our 34 colleges and that will integrate into our existing
system application as well.</div>
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<b><i>What statements are you using??</i></b></div>
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Included is an example Accessibility Contract Rider that I may end up tweaking to be appropriate for the RFP process. Additionally, we plan to ask each vendor to complete the
<b><a href="https://www.1edtech.org/standards/accessibility-rubric" target="_blank" id="OWA721798ab-dcb6-99c8-417d-cebb6adbf64c" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.1edtech.org/standards/accessibility-rubric" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" style="margin: 0px;">1Ed
Tech Accessibility Rubric</a></b>, provide us with a product demo illustrating accessibility, and will do our own functional testing for the top two solutions.</div>
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SBCTC Accessibility Rider Example</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the</span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><a href="https://www.ada.gov/pubs/adastatute08.htm" target="_blank" id="OWA7208b760-b123-39cb-ff78-4e1f1d2505a6" class="x_OWAAutoLink" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin: 0px;"> </a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); font-weight: 700;"><u><a href="https://www.ada.gov/pubs/adastatute08.htm" target="_blank" id="OWA72b87c5e-23d0-51e2-9313-cbd230f6b677" class="x_OWAAutoLink" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); margin: 0px;">Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> as amended, SBCTC is obligated to provide access to its programs, activities, and services to people with disabilities. </span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">SBCTC must ensure that its IT products, programs, and services are accessible to people with disabilities in accordance with</span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><a href="https://ocio.wa.gov/policy/accessibility" target="_blank" id="OWA8ca9739d-ab4a-510d-1f4a-e15fdd5b3cad" class="x_OWAAutoLink" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin: 0px;"> </a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); font-weight: 700;"><u><a href="https://ocio.wa.gov/policy/accessibility" target="_blank" id="OWA47ada7ba-0ea2-ad45-7c94-98f8b246fc2c" class="x_OWAAutoLink" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="4" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); margin: 0px;">Washington
State Policy 188</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. “Accessible” means to provide substantially similar functionality, experience, ease of use, and information access to people with disabilities as is provided to people without disabilities.</span></div>
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COMPANY acknowledges and warrants that their products and services are currently in compliance and during the Term of this Agreement shall remain in compliance with all applicable Federal and Washington State disabilities laws and regulations.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">On an annual basis OR at the time of product renewal, COMPANY will provide SBCTC with a completed Accessibility Compliance Report (ACR) documentation as assurance and verification of the status of accessibility conformance
to WCAG 2.1AA technical standards for all of COMPANY’S products covered by this contract. Parties agree that the current Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) document at version level 2.3 or higher (available at</span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><a href="https://www.itic.org/policy/accessibility/vpat" target="_blank" id="OWA4b1aba8e-52e9-9168-1570-d6ef1f9ddf23" class="x_OWAAutoLink" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="5" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin: 0px;"> </a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); font-weight: 700;"><u><a href="https://www.itic.org/policy/accessibility/vpat" target="_blank" id="OWA95f07e04-52b0-be27-0b38-796bff9d4ff7" class="x_OWAAutoLink" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="6" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); margin: 0px;">https://www.itic.org/policy/accessibility/vpat</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">)</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> will
satisfy this requirement. SBCTC may complete internal functional testing as well as independent/third-party accessibility assessment of the accessibility of COMPANY’S works at any time, but will not be held responsible for doing so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">Policy Associate – Accessible IT Coordinator</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><b><a href="mailto:molsson@sbctc.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px;">molsson@sbctc.edu</a></b></span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);"><b> </b>•
Phone: 360-704-3922</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><i>The power of the Web is in its universality.</i></b></span><b><i><br>
</i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><i>Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.</i></b></span></p>
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Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web</p>
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