Changes current law to prohibit institutions of higher education from requiring students to return instructional materials delivered in an electronic format. Current law requires the materials be copy-protected and that the institutions take precautions in preventing students from unlawfully distributing such materials.   Official Text and Analysis.

Adds a limited exception which allows an institution to require return of the specialized format materials when the institution has translated or transcribed the material into the specialized format at its own expense and the cost to reproduce a copy of the translation or transcription is greater than $100.

To prohibit an institution that provides a specialized format version of instructional material to a student with a print access disability from requiring the return of the material.

To provide that a public or private institution of higher education must first determine that it is not required to allow a student to retain the specialized format under the Americans with Disabilities Act before requiring a student to return a specialized format that the institution translated or transcribed at its expense and costs more than $100 to reproduce.

Provides that a public or private institution of higher education must first determine that it is not required to allow a student to retain the specialized format under the Americans with Disabilities Act before requiring a student to return a specialized format that the institution translated or transcribed at its expense and costs more than $100 to reproduce.

House concurred with the Senate amendments. This bill provides that a public or private institution of higher education must first determine that it is not required to allow a student to retain the specialized format under the Americans with Disabilities Act before requiring a student to return a specialized format that the institution translated or transcribed at its expense and costs more than $100 to reproduce.