118 STAT. 2794 PUBLIC LAW 108–446—DEC. 3, 2004 ‘‘(C) have a demonstrated ability to significantly lever age Federal funds through other public and private con tributions, as well as through the expansive use of volun teers. ‘‘(e) NATIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ACCESS CENTER.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish and sup port, through the American Printing House for the Blind, a center to be known as the ‘National Instructional Materials Access Center’ not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004. ‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The duties of the National Instructional Materials Access Center are the following: ‘‘(A) To receive and maintain a catalog of print instruc tional materials prepared in the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard, as established by the Sec retary, made available to such center by the textbook pub lishing industry, State educational agencies, and local edu cational agencies. ‘‘(B) To provide access to print instructional materials, including textbooks, in accessible media, free of charge, to blind or other persons with print disabilities in elementary schools and secondary schools, in accordance with such terms and procedures as the National Instruc tional Materials Access Center may prescribe. ‘‘(C) To develop, adopt and publish procedures to pro tect against copyright infringement, with respect to the print instructional materials provided under sections 612(a)(23) and 613(a)(6). ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: ‘‘(A) BLIND OR OTHER PERSONS WITH PRINT DISABIL ITIES.—The term ‘blind or other persons with print disabil ities’ means children served under this Act and who may qualify in accordance with the Act entitled ‘An Act to provide books for the adult blind’, approved March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a; 46 Stat. 1487) to receive books and other publications produced in specialized formats. ‘‘(B) NATIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ACCESSI BILITY STANDARD.—The term ‘National Instructional Mate rials Accessibility Standard’ means the standard estab lished by the Secretary to be used in the preparation of electronic files suitable and used solely for efficient conver sion into specialized formats. ‘‘(C) PRINT INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.—The term ‘print instructional materials’ means printed textbooks and related printed core materials that are written and pub lished primarily for use in elementary school and secondary school instruction and are required by a State educational agency or local educational agency for use by students in the classroom. ‘‘(D) SPECIALIZED FORMATS.—The term ‘specialized for mats’ has the meaning given the term in section 121(d)(3) of title 17, United States Code. ‘‘(4) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection shall apply to print instructional materials published after the date on which the final rule establishing the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard was published in the Federal Register. Establishment. Deadline.
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