What is ADA Title II and what do you need to know or do by the April 24, 2026, compliance deadline? ADA stands for Americans with Disabilities Act. According to ADA.gov, “Title II of the ADA requires state and local governments to make sure that their services, programs, and activities are accessible to people with disabilities.” In the physical environment, examples of accessibility compliance are ramps and elevators. In digital communications, it can be as simple as choosing strongly contrasting colors for text on a web page to as complex as fine-tuning the structural tagging underpinning complex content in a PDF document. Everyone has a part to play in making sure what we create is accessible to all. For more information on Title II of the ADA, be sure to visit its website at The Americans with Disabilities Act | ADA.gov.
What is the new rule and how does it apply to agencies? This new rule was announced by the Department of Justice on April 24, 2024. It mandates that agencies both big and small must follow a specific set of technical requirements to make their websites and mobile apps accessible to people with disabilities. Visit Federal Register: Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities to view the full details on this rule.
Since the announcement of this new rule, OITS has provided agency IT leadership with information on how best to ensure existing and future content is compliant. Although this specific federal requirement is new, accessibility of websites and other IT has been a longstanding requirement of state IT policy. See below for additional available resources.
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Any additional questions can be emailed to our Director of IT Accessibility, Cole Robison, at cole.robison@ks.gov. Meetings can also be scheduled upon request through e-mail as well.