Beginning July 1, 2019, California law requires state agencies and entities to post a certificate of accessibility on the home page of their websites. California’s Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 434 into law on October 14, 2017. If you...
Is Website Accessibility Required for Independent Schools and Private Schools?
With all the talk in the past few years about ADA website compliance for schools, the focus has been on public school websites. Public school websites must comply with Section 508 as they receive federal funds. But what about those independent and private...
What does WCAG 2.1 Mean for You?WCAG 2.1 is the new accessibility standard
You finally understand WCAG 2.0. You know what your website needs in order to provide a barrier-free website to everyone and stay in compliance with federal regulations. Now that you can finally breathe a sigh of relief, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recently...
School Websites and the Evolution of ADA Website Accessibility
By now we’ve all heard of the Americans with Disabilities Act or the ADA. Interestingly, it was the by-product of the civil rights legislation passed during the 1960s. But with all the acronyms, sections, and titles, it can be a bit confusing for us lay...
How Your Reaction to ADA Compliance Affects Your Public Relations
I won’t sugarcoat this—making and keeping your school website ADA compliant is difficult! To begin, WCAG 2.0 contains four categories with sixteen guidelines and over seventy rules… I mean, “success criteria.” If you’re building or redesigning your...