{"id":24406,"date":"2026-03-17T08:30:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/business-operations\/?p=24406"},"modified":"2026-03-17T08:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:30:41","slug":"new-accessibility-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/core-support\/news\/new-accessibility-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"New Accessibility Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NC&#160;State is updating its digital presence to comply with ADA Title II, ensuring that state and local government services are accessible in digital spaces just as they are in physical ones. The University has set a <strong>compliance deadline<\/strong> of <strong>April 24, 2026<\/strong> to meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA standards, including public websites and systems behind logins like Canvas.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please review the resources below to ensure your digital spaces are in compliance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/19f-9REhxgHtsY_G8IicmEkqdpIgka7gS2pR65LR1_AM\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ADA Title II Digital Accessibility<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/accessibility.ncsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NC&#160;State&#8217;s Accessibility Hub<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reporter.ncsu.edu\/link\/courseview?courseID=OIT-Access-NCSU&amp;deptName=OIT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Understanding Digital Accessibility: Your Legal Responsibility at NC&#160;State<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reporter.ncsu.edu\/link\/courseview?courseID=OIT-DigAcc-Basics&amp;deptName=OIT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Digital Accessibility Basics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NC&#160;State is updating its digital presence to comply with ADA Title II, ensuring that state and local government services are accessible in digital spaces just as they are in physical&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":4657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cbo-news"],"displayCategory":null,"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/core-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/core-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/core-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/core-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/core-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/core-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24407,"href":"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/core-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24406\/revisions\/24407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/core-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/core-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/core-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/core-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}