[K12OSN] OT: Required use of IE by State DOE

[David Hopkins]

Eek, before it gets to much further, let me clarify that the 'mandate' is
due to how they are implementing access to internal DOE state resources.
This impacts the school, but the general public isn't likely to ever have
access to these systems, and section 508 will only apply for disabled state
employees most likely.   Teacher access from home might come into play. The
issue is that the system is being designed around the use of IE to access
the system (kind of similar to how the Pentamation SIS requires IE for
administrative access).  If this was a system that the general public was
expected to access, then it would be much simpler, but since it will mostly
exist on the state intranet I think it might not be so easy.  Long term
maintenance costs, expandability, and such are valid issues, just not
sufficient necessarily to push them to change.

Sincerely,
Dave Hopkins

On 3/15/07, Accessys at smart.net <accessys at smart.net> wrote:
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> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Steven Santos wrote:
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> > Can you aproach this as an unfunded mandate?
> >
> > The DOE is mandating you use IE, will they pay for it?
>
> especially if teachers require it's use from home or away from the
> school/classroom
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> Bob
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