[ATcoord] contract language for inaccessible technologies

[Rosalie Madison]

Perfect thank you :)

Rosalie (Rose) Madison
Everett Community College
IT4, IT Business Analyst/Project Manager
IT Accessibility Coordinator (ITAC)
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On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 10:41 AM, Jess Thompson <jess.thompson at sbctc.edu>
wrote:

> There is no waiver right now. WaTech (to my knowledge) has not released
> info on that process. You need to contact Ryan Leisinger about that.
>
>
> Maybe Ward, when/if he gets time, can chime in, but he was using this for
> a situation where the dept had already selected a product and under the
> grant timeline they were working in they couldn't go out to find another
> product.
>
>
> *Jess Thompson*
> Program Administrator, eLearning & Open Education
> Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
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> *From:* Rosalie Madison <rmadison at everettcc.edu>
> *Sent:* Friday, April 28, 2017 10:31:38 AM
> *To:* Jess Thompson
> *Cc:* atcoord at lists.ctc.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [ATcoord] contract language for inaccessible technologies
>
> What would this be for exactly?
>
> It is my understanding from Policy#188 that all purchased software if
> non-compliant has to have a waiver from the state.
>
> Is this for existing software?
>
> Rosalie (Rose) Madison
> Everett Community College
> IT4, IT Business Analyst/Project Manager
> IT Accessibility Coordinator (ITAC)
> Email: rmadison at everettcc.edu
> Phone: (425) 259-8719
> --Believe in the power of hard questions and honest answers
>
> Please take a minute to help us improve our IT service by completing the IT
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> On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Jess Thompson <jess.thompson at sbctc.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>>
>> Ward Naf at Whatcom has been trying to figure out how to handle
>> situations where an office insists on purchasing a technology that is not
>> fully compliant. He decided to allow a one year pilot with contract
>> language that allows them to terminate the pilot if the product does not
>> get into compliance within that pilot time frame.
>>
>>
>> Sample contract language:
>>
>>
>> TERMINATION
>>
>> This Agreement and all rights granted herein may be terminated upon
>> thirty (30) days of written notice from either Party, provided, however,
>> that Licensor may terminate this Agreement immediately upon any breach of
>> this Agreement by Licensee. The Licensee may terminate this Agreement
>> immediately should the Software not meet Federal 508 accessibility
>> standards show on a VPAT or not meet WGAC 2.0 AA accessibility standards;
>> per Washington State OCIO Policy 188 requirements. Upon such termination
>> for breach or noncompliance with accessibility standards, all of Licensee’s
>> rights under this Agreement and Licensee’s right to the use of the Software
>> shall terminate immediately.
>>
>>
>> In addition to the contract language, there's a letter to the vendor
>> spelling out the agreement. I've attached a generic version where you
>> insert specific info where the red text in brackets is.
>>
>>
>> Big shout out to Ward at Whatcom -- this is a fabulous resource and I
>> already know a few folks in similar positions that will find this very
>> useful.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jess
>>
>>
>>
>> *Jess Thompson*
>> Program Administrator, eLearning & Open Education
>> Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
>> p: 360.704.4327 | c: 253.229.8591
>> Current Projects
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KXjxctpTAa2R06iRksMrjaeiCkphAJzqkwX-awvJh9g/edit?usp=sharing>
>>
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