Is Duchesne County'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 Duchesne County 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.
Has Duchesne County's website been checked yet?
We haven't published an accessibility scan for Duchesne County yet. Run one now — we'll crawl the site, test every page against WCAG 2.1 Level AA, score reading level, inventory PDFs, and flag any citizen service that residents with disabilities can't reach.
What WCAG 2.1 Level AA means for county government websites
With 20,803 residents, Duchesne County 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 public health services, permits, and assessor records all need to work for residents with disabilities.
Duchesne County is a mid-size community, 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.
Don't find out about problems from a demand letter
A11yCheck monitors Duchesne County's website continuously and sends a plain-English weekly digest — no technical background needed.