Fact Sheet: New Rule on the Accessibility of Web Content and Mobile Apps Provided by State and Local Governments
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The Department of Justice published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on July 20, 2023 explaining how we propose updating the regulations for Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to add more specific requirements about web and mobile application accessibility. This fact sheet gives a plain language summary of the technical standards that state and local governments would have to follow to meet their existing obligations under Title II of the ADA.

This Background PDF can provide additional information on how the law and its exceptions came to be. I’m glad that in the final version the exception for password-protected course content was removed. This will require public institutions to make their course content accessible. WCAG 2.1 AA is the standard being used to determine if web content is accessible. What are your thoughts on the new rule?