Is Parachute'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 Parachute 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.
Parachute's latest accessibility scan
Overall compliance risk: Moderate — 1 PDF fail basic accessibility checks
Top issues, in plain English
- critical ARIA accessibility attributes are used incorrectly and may mislead screen readers (WCAG 4.1.2 · 2 pages)
- serious Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes (WCAG 4.1.2 · 3 pages)
- serious Text is too low-contrast against its background to read comfortably (WCAG 1.4.3 · 3 pages)
- serious Data tables reference headers that don't exist, scrambling them for screen readers (WCAG 1.3.1 · 2 pages)
- serious Embedded frames have no title, so screen readers announce them as unnamed (WCAG 4.1.2 · 1 page)
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What WCAG 2.1 Level AA means for town government websites
With 1,362 residents, Parachute 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 utility bill payment, permit applications, and public meeting agendas all need to work for residents with disabilities.
Parachute is a small community, and its website is the front door for utility bill payment, permit applications, and public meeting agendas. Under ADA Title II, that front door has to work for every resident.
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