14 Important Things Every South Dakota School Administrator Should Know About Website Accessibility™

School Administrator Tips On Website Accessibility

 

You’re busy updating your school’s homepage with some new images when your IT director hands you a letter - it's a school website accessibility complaint from the United States Office for Civil Rights (OCR). This official notification claims that your school website violates federal accessibility standards. Now what?

If you don’t know your next move, you’re not alone. School districts from across the nation are being served notice by the OCR that their websites are not ADA compliant. These letters are catching many school districts off guard. However, if you take the proper steps, you can satisfy the federal law requirements and put in place a plan to resolve your school web accessibility issues.

In 14 Important Things Every South Dakota School Administrator Should Know About Website Accessibility™, Swier Law Firm's Education Law Practice Group gives readers a valuable resource and answers to their most common questions.

This Report Will Answer These Questions:

  • What laws require a school district to have website accessibility?
  • What is website accessibility?
  • What is the Office of Civil Rights?
  • How is website accessibility enforced?
  • What does the law require of my school website?
  • And more . . .

                                                

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Swier School Law Counsel™ is a boutique education law department within Swier Law Firm.

We recognize the needs of South Dakota's school officials to obtain first-rate legal advice on a broad range of issues. Our attorneys provide creative, timely, and cost-efficient legal strategies that balance the needs of students, parents, employees, and citizens with the interests of keeping a school district on solid legal footing.

Swier School Law Counsel™ and its attorneys author The South Dakota School Law Deskbook™ and South Dakota School Law Notes™. The Group's attorneys also have years of experience teaching the popular "Education and the Law" class at the University of South Dakota School of Law. 

Swier Law Firm has served as legal counsel for school districts throughout the state and for the School Administrators of South Dakota and its membership. SASD is an educational association comprised of over 800 school administrators (Superintendents, Business Managers, Principals, Special Education Directors, and Curriculum Directors) throughout South Dakota.