ADA Title II Changes: What To Expect At Boise State

Overview

In April 2024, the United States Department of Justice issued a final rule requiring state and local governmental entities — including public universities — to ensure web or mobile applications, including documents and social media, meet the WCAG 2.1, level AA standards. This now also includes password-protected content.

Since this was announced, stakeholders across Boise State University have been collaborating to develop a plan that will ensure we achieve these important accessibility goals, and support our campus community along the way.

While we will provide more detailed information, timelines, resources, and guidance in the coming months, we wanted to share a preliminary, institutional timeline so you can see where things are headed.

Timeline

The timeline consists of milestones between Fall 2024 and Spring 2026. Review details for each of the following milestones.

Fall 2024: Plan

During this phase, we are focused on the following:

Communicating with stakeholders across campus.
Inventorying digital assets and assessing current level of compliance.
Identifying existing resources, challenges, and needs.
Developing detailed timelines (for institution, for departments, for individuals).

Spring 2025: Create

During this phase, we will focus on the following:

Launching resources (job aids, templates, guidelines, etc.).
Facilitating learning opportunities (community of practice, workshops, consultations, drop-in sessions, etc.).
Developing and launching asynchronous learning opportunities.
Incorporating accessibility requirements into existing trainings (e.g., Course Design Institute, New Faculty Orientation, etc.).
Acquiring new enterprise software and other resources as needed.

Summer 2025: Refine

During this phase, we will focus on the following:

Continuing to offer learning opportunities.
Offering an intensive summit for remediation of courses and materials.
Assessing progress and identifying outstanding/emergent needs.

Fall 2025: Transform

During this phase, we will focus on the following:

Supporting departments in auditing and remediating materials.
Working with individuals to finalize remediation and updates.
Working with the community to integrate digital accessibility into our operational processes, policies, and structures
Reinforce new practices to maintain digital accessibility across the University.

Spring 2026: Celebrate and Assess

During this phase, we will focus on the following:

Assessing our progress.
Addressing any final outstanding issues.
Celebrate our accomplishments.
Assessing our impact on educational access, student success, student-wellbeing and employee wellbeing.
Incorporate lessons learned into ongoing policies, processes, and practices.