Is Draper's Website Ready for the ADA Title II Deadline?
Did you know the deadline already changed?
Here's something many local officials missed: the original compliance deadline has already moved once. On April 20, 2026, the Department of Justice issued an Interim Final Rule pushing each deadline back a full year — which means Draper's date is now April 26, 2027. A one-time extension is a grace period, not a reprieve. There is no indication another one is coming.
Draper's latest accessibility scan
Overall compliance risk: Moderate — 14 PDFs fail basic accessibility checks
Top issues, in plain English
- serious Elements presented as images have no text alternative (WCAG 1.1.1 · 118 pages)
- serious Text is too low-contrast against its background to read comfortably (WCAG 1.4.3 · 98 pages)
- serious Embedded frames have no title, so screen readers announce them as unnamed (WCAG 4.1.2 · 74 pages)
- serious Pages are missing a title, so users can't tell tabs or results apart (WCAG 2.4.2 · 1 page)
- serious Pages don't declare their language, which confuses screen readers (WCAG 3.1.1 · 1 page)
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What WCAG 2.1 Level AA means for city government websites
Because Draper serves 50,166 residents — above the DOJ's 50,000-person threshold — it falls in the first enforcement wave, with the earlier of the two federal deadlines.
The rule points to WCAG 2.1 Level AA — a widely used technical checklist. Stripped of jargon, it asks simple questions: can a blind resident using a screen reader pay a bill on your site? Can someone who can't use a mouse complete a form with just a keyboard? Is the text readable against its background?
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.
Draper 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 utility bill payment, permit applications, and public meeting agendas. Under ADA Title II, that front door has to work for every resident.
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