[CATO] [EXTERNAL] - ITACCESS : Article: Is the DOJ Web Accessibility Rule in Danger?

Mon Jun 2 15:42:04 PDT 2025

Hi CATO,

With all respect, I think we should take the fact that The American Association of Community Colleges signed the letter as them supporting it.  It’s unclear to me whether our state colleges belong to that group as ironically their search isn’t too accessible.  If Monica meets with SBCTC’s leadership on this, I think questions should be more along the lines of “What is SBCTC’s / our system’s stance on Title II / this letter?”  and “Are you aware that American Association of Community Colleges, Educause and other groups  supports pausing implementation of Title II of ADA?  Realistically here are some of the implications of that happening.”  Maybe CATO can re-share our CATO letter of support for Title II with SBCTC leadership, which is becoming more important by the day.  😊

Also, if you have the energy or know a contact from any of the fifteen signing organizations, perhaps email them and explain the situation and ask them to rescind the letter.

Rob Carr said something in last week’s training that really stuck with me: “The headwinds are so strong against access work right now.”  I’m thankful to have you all weathering these winds with me.  😊
--Zach
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Grrrrr.

I knew it was a matter of time before we saw something more concrete attacking the web accessibility ruling from this administration.

I have requested a meeting with our interim executive director at SBCTC to help me clarify the if the American Associate of Community Colleges is supporting this memo or not.

Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers)

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Thank you Doug!! Yes a HUGE stab in the back. So much for advocating for students and employees.

Disappointed,
Amy

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All,

Did you see this post on educause this morning?

I followed the link and read the blog post by Ken Nakata from Converge Accessibility.

Attached is my quick remediation of the letter sent by a number of organizations mentioned in the post as the original I found was untagged. Note that some of the reference tags were problematic so refer to the hyperlinks to those within the document.

This letter, if legit, feels like a real stab in the back from the co-signing organizations.

Doug Hayman

IT Accessibility Coordinator

Information Technology

Olympic College

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In case you haven't read this article:

Is the DOJ Web Accessibility Rule in Danger?
By Ken Nakata.
"…On May 12, 2025, the American Council on Education (on behalf of a
ton of other educational associations, including EDUCAUSE) asked the
Trump Administration to pause implementation of the Department of
Justice’s ADA Title II Web Accessibility regulation…"
convergeaccessibility.com/2025/06/02/...<https://convergeaccessibility.com/2025/06/02/doj-web-accessibility-rule-in-danger/>

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