Is Las Animas'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 Las Animas'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.
Las Animas's latest accessibility scan
Overall compliance risk: Moderate — 11 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 · 10 pages)
- serious Links have no readable text — screen reader users can't tell where they lead (WCAG 2.4.4 · 4 pages)
- serious Links are distinguishable only by color, invisible to color-blind users (WCAG 1.4.1 · 3 pages)
- serious Embedded frames have no title, so screen readers announce them as unnamed (WCAG 4.1.2 · 1 page)
- serious Pages are missing a title, so users can't tell tabs or results apart (WCAG 2.4.2 · 1 page)
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What WCAG 2.1 Level AA means for city government websites
With 2,361 residents, Las Animas 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 recreation registration, utility billing, and building permits all need to work for residents with disabilities.
Las Animas is a smaller 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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