Is Rawlins'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 Rawlins 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.
Rawlins's latest accessibility scan
Overall compliance risk: Moderate — page-level accessibility failures across the site
Top issues, in plain English
- critical Images have no text alternative, so screen readers can't describe them (WCAG 1.1.1 · 119 pages)
- critical Composite controls are missing required child elements for assistive tech (WCAG 1.3.1 · 88 pages)
- 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 · 85 pages)
- serious Embedded frames have no title, so screen readers announce them as unnamed (WCAG 4.1.2 · 80 pages)
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What WCAG 2.1 Level AA means for city government websites
With 7,952 residents, Rawlins 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.
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.
Smaller entities sometimes assume they're exempt. They aren't — the later deadline is the only accommodation the rule makes for size. Services like business licensing, utility sign-up, and code enforcement requests all need to work for residents with disabilities.
Rawlins is a smaller community, and its website is the front door for business licensing, utility sign-up, and code enforcement requests. Under ADA Title II, that front door has to work for every resident.
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