Federal Deadline Extended, Accessibility Progress Continues

You may have seen the recent email from Provost Croughan and Chief Information and Digital Strategy Executive Aisha Jackson announcing that federal digital accessibility deadlines have been extended.

  • The new compliance deadline for UC Davis is April 26, 2027.

Your first reaction might be, "Whew! So, we can slow down?" The short answer: not really.

UCOP reaffirmed that "accessibility remains a priority," and campuses are still expected to make progress toward accessibility goals. Basically, the date has changed, but our direction hasn’t.

Recent Change to Accessibility Deadlines

If you’ve been following recent updates on digital accessibility requirements, you may have heard that the federal deadline had shifted...

...and then almost immediately after, you may have heard that our timeline here at UC Davis hasn’t really changed.

So what’s going on?

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