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However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal  \nGovernment. Project Officer, Rebecca Sheffield, Ph. D.  \nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)  \nShaheen, N. L. , & Curry, C. (2023) . A southern story: Providing accessible educational materials. Lynnfield, MA: National Center on Accessible Educational Materials at CAST.  \nNational AEM Center at CAST; 50 Salem St., Building B, Suite 303, Lynnfield, MA 01940-0030 Voice: (781) 245-2212 Fax: (781) 245-5212 Web: [aem.cast.org](aem.cast.org)  \nTable of Contents  \nIntroduction ..................................................................................................................... 3  \nA Southern Story ............................................................................................................. 4  \nThe AEM Center ........................................................................................................ 4  \nState Department of Education .................................................................................. 5  \nGibson School District................................................................................................ 6  \nHawthorn Public Schools ........................................................................................... 8  \nFindings......................................................................................................................... 11  \nQuality Indicators and Critical Components ............................................................. 11  \nBuilding and Maintaining Relationships ................................................................... 13  \nRecommendations ........................................................................................................ 15  \nAppendix A: Methodology ............................................................................................. 17  \nAppendix B: Data Exemplars of the Quality Indicators and Critical Components .......... 18  \nAppendix C: Recommended Reading and Resources .................................................. 26  \nAbout the Authors:  \n• Natalie L. Shaheen: Dr. Shaheen is an assistant professor of Low Vision and Blindness at Illinois State University. Dr. Shaheen’s research focuses on equity and access for disabled students in technology-mediated K-12 learning environments.  \n• Cynthia Curry: Ms. Curry is Director of Technical Assistance at CAST and Principal Investigator and Project Director of the National Center on Accessible Educational Materials (AEM Center) .  \nIntroduction  \nIn this paper, we report the findings of a case study that explored how one State Education Agency (SEA) and two Local Education Agencies (LEAs) in a southern state enacted federal and state policies to provide Accessible Educational Materials (AEM) to disabled students 1 , work that is ongoing in the southern state as of this writing. First, weretell the story of the work occurring across the three participating organizations in this southern state—a story eight participants shared with us in a series of interviews. Second, we report the findings of the case study. Finally, we offer recommendations for K-12 practitioners.  \nWe use pseudonyms throughout this document to protect the identities of the participating organizations and individuals. Herein, the SEA is referred to as State Department of Education and the LEAs are referred to as Gibson School District and Hawthorn Public Schools. 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