Missouri Revised Statutes Title XI. Education and Libraries § 161.900. Definitions

(1)“Accessibility”, compliance with nationally accepted accessibility and usability standards, such as those established in Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and Section 508 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998;

(2)“Assistive technology device”, any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities;

(3)“Assistive technology service”, any service that directly assists an individual with a disability in the selection, acquisition or use of an assistive technology device. Such term includes:

(4)“Individual with disabilities”, any individual who is considered to have a disability or handicap for the purposes of any federal or Missouri law;

(5)“Information technology”, any electronic information equipment or interconnected system that is used in the acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information, including audio, graphic and text;

(6)“State department or agency”, each department, office, board, bureau, commission, or other unit of the executive, legislative or judicial branch of state government, including public four-year and two-year colleges and universities;

(7)“Undue burden”, significant difficulty or expense, including, but not limited to, difficulty or expense associated with technical feasibility.