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Deadline: April 2028
Deadline: April 2028
Title II requires that public entities like Wellesley must comply with digital accessibility by April 2028. This site is meant help you to STOP creating inaccessible content and documents now, and to save you time later as the deadline appoaches.
Title II requires that public entities like Wellesley must comply with digital accessibility by April 2028. This site is meant help you to STOP creating inaccessible content and documents now, and to save you time later as the deadline appoaches.
What to do starting now:
What to do starting now:
The Digital Accessibility Checklist is a handy reference.
Principals/Leaders:
Principals/Leaders:
Model digital accessibility in your communications to your staff and families. Call it out, such as "You'll notice I'm no longer sending PDF attachments since they are not accessible to all families." I'm now using more descriptive link text for clarity, instead of "click here" links.
Back to School letters: Paste the letter text directly into ParentSquare (PSQ), or if posting to your website copy/paste the letter text directly into the website.
Event Flyers: If you are having an event for new families this summer, if you create a colorful event graphic with text inside, be sure to add Alt Text and type out all the event information below the graphic so it is accessible.
Videos: If you create a welcome back to school video, use YouTube or Canva to add captions.
Teachers/Staff:
Teachers/Staff:
Model digital accessibility in your communications to your families. Call it out, such as "You'll notice I'm adding more descriptive text below my Canva graphics so they are accessible to all families."
Teacher Letters: Paste the letter text directly into ParentSquare (PSQ).
Graphics & Flyers: If you are having an event or creating any other graphics with embedded text, be sure to add Alt Text and type out all the information below the graphic so it is accessible.
Videos: If you create a Meet the Teacher video, use YouTube or Canva to add captions.
Accessiblity Basics
Accessiblity Basics
Accessiblity is the law & It is the right thing to do
Accessiblity is the law & It is the right thing to do
Accessibility is an organization-wide responsibility, everybody contributes
All internal employees from the top down
Teachers, staff, elected officials, etc.
This page adapts and builds on content from the Nebraska ESU Coordinating Council's Accessibility in Schools site and related resources, and is shared under a Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike (CC BY-SA 4.0) license.
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