Is Shoshone'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 Shoshone's date is now April 26, 2028. A one-time extension is a grace period, not a reprieve. There is no indication another one is coming.
Shoshone's latest accessibility scan
Overall compliance risk: High — 111 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 · 2 pages)
- serious Text is too low-contrast against its background to read comfortably (WCAG 1.4.3 · 9 pages)
- serious Embedded frames have no title, so screen readers announce them as unnamed (WCAG 4.1.2 · 2 pages)
- serious Lists are marked up incorrectly, so screen readers misread their structure (WCAG 1.3.1 · 1 page)
- serious Links are distinguishable only by color, invisible to color-blind users (WCAG 1.4.1 · 1 page)
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What WCAG 2.1 Level AA means for city government websites
With 1,757 residents, Shoshone 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 recreation registration, utility billing, and building permits all need to work for residents with disabilities.
Shoshone is a small community, and its website is the front door for recreation registration, utility billing, and building permits. Under ADA Title II, that front door has to work for every resident.
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