Building Your Compliance Roadmap: A Five-Step Action Plan The extended deadline to conform to WCAG 2.1 sounds generous, until you factor in the reality that most small districts are working with limited budgets, lean IT teams, aging infrastructure and websites with years’ worth of content not built for accessibility. When district leaders dig into…
What Is the ADA Title II Web Accessibility Rule? The U.S. Department of Justice has indicated for many years that it interprets the Americans with Disabilities Act as covering technology accessibility. But the ADA Title II regulations are the first time that it has set specific accessibility standards via regulation, in this case for…
On April 24, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a final rule under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requiring state and local public entities to ensure that their web content and mobile applications are accessible to persons with disabilities. Most covered entities must comply with the final rule and…
Oakland University is actively continuing its efforts on a comprehensive campus-wide digital accessibility initiative as the federal deadline for compliance with updated Title II regulations rapidly approaches. The U.S. Department of Justice issued a 2024 update to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which requires public universities to ensure that their websites, digital documents, and…
The first compliance deadline for US digital accessibility requirements is just three months away. From 24 April 2026, state and local government websites and mobile apps must meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA standards. The US Department of Justice published the rule in April 2024 under Title II of the Americans with…
