In April 2024, the Department
of Justice issued a final rule updating Title II of the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations to ensure that state and local governments’
web content is accessible to persons with disabilities.
Under the new rule, local
governments must ensure their websites and mobile applications meet the
technical standards of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1,
Level AA. An ADA fact sheet on the rule is available here.
The deadline to comply with
the rule depends on the population reported for the local government in the
2020 U.S. Census Bureau data:
|
State |
Compliance |
|
0 |
April |
|
Special |
April |
|
50,000 |
April |
Local governments should reach out to their legal counsel if they have questions about compliance with these new regulations.
Post Authored by Katie Nagy, Ancel Glink
