<div dir="ltr">Good Afternoon,<div>How is everyone addressing this?</div><div>In reading (and re-reading) Policy #188, you can submit a waiver for existing software that has be prioritized with corrective action plan.</div><div><br></div><div>I have been asked " What if (for educational purposes) software x is the only one that meets all of the curriculum requirements. But it is not ADA Compliant on its own. And there is no road map for development in the future. </div><div><br></div><div>This does not mean the purchase of it is blocked, but that as coordinator;  would submit a waiver for approval. - Correct?</div><div>Per:</div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-f9b8cff0-4e0e-8729-3e40-a0b6f2029270"><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:0.1pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0.05pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For each instance of non-compliance of a new </span><a href="https://ocio.wa.gov/definition-terms-used-ocio-policies-and-reports#CovTech" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">covered technology </span></a><span style="font-size:5.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">[6]</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, a </span><a href="https://ocio.wa.gov/policies/policy-103-technology-policy-standards-waiver-request" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">waive</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">r </span><span style="font-size:5.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">[7] </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">must be requested and approved.</span></p></li><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:1.65pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The waiver request must include a corrective action plan for each area of noncompliance.</span></p></li><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The corrective action plan must describe the access barriers expected to result from the non- compliance, identify the information, activities and functions compromised by those access barriers, and describe the steps the agency will implement to ensure that people with disabilities will be afforded equivalent access to the information, activities and functions through alternative means of access.</span></li></ol></ol></ol><div><font color="#000000" face="arial"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">What is the turn around time for this? This needs to be built into our review and </span></font><span style="font-size:12.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial">purchasing process.</span></div></span></div><div><br></div><div>Rose</div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:normal"><font size="1"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Rosalie (Rose)
Madison</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Everett Community College</span></span><br>
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