ADA Title II Checklist: WCAG 2.1 AA Steps and New Deadlines

ADA Title II requires state and local governments, their agencies, special districts, and relevant contractors to make public web content and mobile apps accessible under WCAG 2.1 Level AA, while federal entities remain subject to Section 508. A Department of Justice interim final rule extended compliance deadlines without changing the accessibility standard: entities serving 50,000 or more people must comply by April 26, 2027, while smaller entities and special districts have until April 26, 2028, although ongoing ADA accessibility duties still apply and the extension faces a pending legal challenge. Limited exceptions apply to qualifying archived content, certain preexisting documents, third-party posts, individualized secure documents, and older social-media posts, but they do not eliminate effective-communication obligations. The recommended approach is to inventory all sites, apps, documents, and vendors; identify exceptions; scan content for WCAG issues; conduct manual keyboard, screen-reader, zoom, media, and form testing; remediate problems; obtain vendor conformance reports; and monitor accessibility after releases. Automated tools can provide evidence for only part of WCAG 2.1 AA, with the text estimating that 22 criteria have axe-core rules while 27 require human assessment, making automated scans insufficient to prove complete compliance.

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