Is Summit 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 Summit County now has until April 26, 2028. 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.
Summit County's latest accessibility scan
Overall compliance risk: Moderate — page-level accessibility failures across the site
Top issues, in plain English
- critical Composite controls are missing required child elements for assistive tech (WCAG 1.3.1 · 113 pages)
- critical Accessibility attributes point at elements that don't exist (WCAG 4.1.2 · 1 page)
- critical ARIA accessibility attributes are used incorrectly and may mislead screen readers (WCAG 4.1.2 · 1 page)
- critical Buttons have no accessible name — assistive tech users can't tell what they do (WCAG 4.1.2 · 1 page)
- serious List items sit outside a proper list, so screen readers misread them (WCAG 1.3.1 · 113 pages)
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What WCAG 2.1 Level AA means for county government websites
With 43,109 residents, Summit County falls under the DOJ's small-entity tier (under 50,000 population), which comes with the later of the two federal deadlines — but the same technical standard.
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?
Smaller entities sometimes assume they're exempt. They aren't — the later deadline is the only accommodation the rule makes for size. Services like public health services, permits, and assessor records all need to work for residents with disabilities.
Summit County is a mid-size community, and its website is the front door for public health services, permits, and assessor records. Under ADA Title II, that front door has to work for every resident.
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