Is Laramie County'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 Laramie County'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.
Laramie County's latest accessibility scan
Overall compliance risk: High — 248 PDFs fail basic accessibility checks
Top issues, in plain English
- critical Form fields have no label — users can't tell what to type in them (WCAG 4.1.2 · 4 pages)
- critical Images have no text alternative, so screen readers can't describe them (WCAG 1.1.1 · 3 pages)
- critical Accessibility attributes point at elements that don't exist (WCAG 4.1.2 · 3 pages)
- critical Composite controls are missing required child elements for assistive tech (WCAG 1.3.1 · 2 pages)
- critical Image buttons have no text alternative, so screen readers can't say what they do (WCAG 1.1.1 · 1 page)
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What WCAG 2.1 Level AA means for county government websites
Because Laramie County serves 101,783 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.
Laramie County is a major population center, 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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