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WCAG + Section 504 / 508 scanner for schools and universities

K-12 and higher-ed sites must meet ADA, Section 504, and Section 508 obligations. The 2024 DOJ Title II rule sets WCAG 2.1 AA as the floor for state and local government, and 2.2 AA is the safer target.

Lawsuit pattern

Course catalogs, financial-aid forms, and PDFs are common claim surfaces. OCR complaints to the Dept. of Education are a frequent enforcement path.

Where it usually breaks

01

Course catalog tables

Tables without proper headers fail 1.3.1.

02

Financial-aid PDFs

Untagged PDFs and inaccessible forms.

03

Lecture videos

Missing captions and transcripts (1.2.2).

04

Calendar widgets

Custom date pickers fail keyboard / ARIA.

Top WCAG 2.2 criteria for education

  • 1.2.2Captions (Prerecorded)
  • 1.3.1Info and Relationships
  • 2.1.1Keyboard
  • 2.4.7Focus Visible
  • 3.3.2Labels or Instructions

Frequently asked

What standard does the DOJ Title II rule require?

WCAG 2.1 Level AA. Most institutions are upgrading to 2.2 AA so that the 2026 deadline does not catch them mid-cycle.

Can A11yPing scan our LMS?

We crawl any URL we can reach. For LMS pages behind SSO, the paid plan supports authenticated crawl.

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