ADA Requirements for Schools

Why is ADA compliance important?

  • Inclusivity: Ensure equitable access to your district’s information, communication, and services for all users.
  • Legal compliance: Feel confident that your website is in compliance with current regulation and avoid OCR complaints.
  • Improved user experience: Improve the user experience for all users in the district and community with Smart Sites features that include easy-to-use navigation, clear and concise content, and consistent design.
Badlands Smart Sites design on web and mobile

How does Smart Sites help my school website with ADA compliance?

  • All provided websites meet the WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards and have built-in accessibility guardrails to help schools and districts meet key accessibility requirements. 
  • Smart Sites designs use appropriate font sizes, line height, and color contrast.
  • The platform requires alt text for all non-decorative images and offers the option for AI to generate detailed descriptions.
  • Visitors can easily navigate the website via keyboard, screen reader, or other assistive technologies.

Expanded website compliance

Not only can you feel confident in your website’s ADA compliance with Smart Sites, but you can also take it a step further to continuously detect and scan all new updates to the website. To offer this, we proudly partner with Acquia, the providers of Acquia Optimize (formerly Monsido)—a tool to monitor and perfect your website’s accessibility as new content gets added.

Acquia Optimize

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