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Are Schools and Edtech Companies Ready for the Digital Accessibility Deadline?

ED Surge

Depending on their population size , school districts and state and local governments have until April 2026 or April 2027 to ensure their web content and mobile apps comply with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. On the Hook Accessibility has become a major focus area in education policy.

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The number of public school students could fall by more than 8% in a decade

The Hechinger Report

. “If it does come true, we’re going to see massive changes,” said Mike Griffith, a school finance specialist at the Education Commission of the States, a think tank that aims to inform education policy. Department of Education, shows an opposite trend. “Nobody is talking about this.”