Is Bonner County's Website Ready for the ADA Title II Deadline?
Did you know the deadline already changed?
The deadline you may have written down last year is no longer the right one. A DOJ Interim Final Rule issued April 20, 2026 extended the original ADA Title II dates by one year, so Bonner County now has until April 26, 2027. That extra year is exactly the window to find and fix problems before enforcement begins — the DOJ has given no signal that the date will move again.
Bonner County's latest accessibility scan
Overall compliance risk: High — 624 PDFs fail basic accessibility checks
Top issues, in plain English
- critical Images have no text alternative, so screen readers can't describe them (WCAG 1.1.1 · 15 pages)
- critical Buttons have no accessible name — assistive tech users can't tell what they do (WCAG 4.1.2 · 2 pages)
- serious Text is too low-contrast against its background to read comfortably (WCAG 1.4.3 · 120 pages)
- serious Links have no readable text — screen reader users can't tell where they lead (WCAG 2.4.4 · 38 pages)
- serious Embedded frames have no title, so screen readers announce them as unnamed (WCAG 4.1.2 · 4 pages)
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What WCAG 2.1 Level AA means for county government websites
Because Bonner County serves 53,955 residents — above the DOJ's 50,000-person threshold — it falls in the first enforcement wave, with the earlier of the two federal deadlines.
WCAG 2.1 Level AA is the technical standard the DOJ adopted for ADA Title II. In plain terms, it's a checklist that makes sure residents who use screen readers, keyboard navigation, or captions can actually use your website: text on every image, labels on every form field, enough color contrast to read, and video captions.
For first-wave entities, the practical risk isn't only DOJ action — it's private lawsuits and demand letters that cite the federal standard the moment the deadline passes.
Bonner County is a mid-size community that lands in the larger of the DOJ's two enforcement tiers, and its website is the front door for property tax payments, permit applications, and election information. Under ADA Title II, that front door has to work for every resident.
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