Accessibility of school district, charter school and renaissance school websites and web services

No school district, charter school, renaissance school, or the Katzenbach School for the Deaf may make available to its enrolled students or to the public an Internet website or web service unless it complies with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA. The Commissioner of Education may approve the most up-to-date version of the guidelines, or designate or approve other applicable guidelines or requirements, in place of WCAG 2.1 Level AA.

An Internet website or web service includes any webpage, website, web service, online curriculum, or online third party or open educational resource product that the school makes available to enrolled students or the public through the Internet. Every two years a school district, charter school, renaissance school, or the Katzenbach School for the Deaf must submit a statement of assurance attesting to the compliance of each Internet website or web service it operates.

The Department of Education collects the statements of assurance and posts that information on its Internet website, updated every two years. An Internet website or web service established before or after the effective date of the act may operate while the Department's receipt of the statement of assurance is pending. Nothing in the section bars, excludes, or otherwise affects any right or action that exists under the Law Against Discrimination.

The act takes effect on the first day of the sixth month next following the date of enactment, and it was approved on January 18, 2022. The Department of Education's June 17, 2026 notice to local educational agencies describes the statement of assurance as attesting compliance with Level AA of the current version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, WCAG 2.2.