Embedded Files
Vendors will support student-facing digital tool requests by gathering and completing the necessary documents and sharing them with the requester.
Vendors should be ready to provide the following to their district contact who is requesting/purchasing your digital tool:
📄 Completed Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) using the VPAT 2.5 INT template
📄 Accessibility Roadmap (click for template if one is needed)
🧑🧒 Login credentials for student & staff accessibility testing accounts
📄 Completed Vendor Guide ----------------------------------------------------->
🤖 Artificial Intelligence Temporary Exemption
Under the Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act (“HB504”), student-facing digital tools that utilize AI to support student learning are exempt from the requirements of Section 7-910 for a specified period of time; however, Baltimore City Public Schools (“City Schools”), along with other Maryland school systems, will be required to track and compile a list of these tools to submit to MSDE in the annual report required under Section 7-910. If this tool incorporates the use of AI as defined in § 3.5–801 of the state finance and procurement article to support student learning, please affirm by completing the Use of AI affirmation form.
Vendor FAQs
Vendor FAQs
- What if we disagree with the WCAG violations City Schools identified?
If you disagree with the violations we found, please provide a video showing the following:
All locations in the digital tool where you have met the WCAG requirement(s) in question.
A statement certifying that there is no content anywhere in your digital tool that violates the requirement(s) in question.
If the WCAG violation affects blind users, please show a native screen reader user independently navigating, interacting with, and completing tasks in the content in question. The native screen reader user must use either JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, or other screen reading technologies available on the device(s) students may use to access your digital tool. When submitting the video, the following information must also be submitted about the native screen reader user who uses your digital tool in the video:
First name
Last name
Email address
Relationship to the vendor (e.g. employee, contractor, etc.)
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