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Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement

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This website is run by EDUCATE AMERICA, INC (“Nonprofit”). We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

 

  • Change colors, contrast levels and fonts using browser or device settings

  • Zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen

  • Navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software

  • Listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

 

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

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How Accessible is Our Website

 

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

 

  • You cannot modify the line height or spacing of text

  • Most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software

  • Live video streams do not have captions

  • You cannot skip to the main content when using a screen reader

  • There’s a limit to how far you can magnify the map on our ‘contact us’ page

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Feedback and Contact Information

 

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: [provide both details of how to report these issues to your organisation, and contact details for the unit or person responsible for dealing with these reports].

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

 

 

We’ll consider your request and get back to you within ten (10) business days.

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If you cannot view the map on our ‘Contact Us’ page, email us at:  educateusaceo@gmail.com, or provide feedback using our Contact Form for directions.

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Enforcement Procedures

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A.  The authority to require public sector organizations to provide accessible websites is derived from three key pieces of legislation, including:

 

  • Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) “prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities by public entities, including public education systems and institutions, regardless of whether they receive Federal financial assistance from the Department.”

  • Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) “prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”

  • Section 508 of the Amended Rehabilitation Act of 1998 (Section 508) applies primarily to federal agencies (but other public entities have adopted the requirements into their own laws) ensuring they “give disabled employees and members of the public access to information comparable to the access available to others.”

 

B.  All 15 U.S. federal executive departments have the authority to investigate and pursue penalties for accessibility violations. However, the Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Education (ED) are the two most active. Investigations, finding determinations, and oversight of remediation efforts are conducted by the various departments’ Offices of Civil Rights (OCR).

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C.  If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, please send an email to the Department of Justice at:  EEOBOXJMD@usdoj.gov or Department of Education at:  OCRWebAccessTA@ed.gov.

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Compliance Status

 

  1. The Website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) [2.1 or 2.2] AA standard.

  2. To our knowledge, this website is fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard or Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard].

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Navigation and Accessing Information

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There’s no way to skip the repeated content in the page header (for example, a ‘skip to main content’ option).

It’s not always possible to change the device orientation from horizontal to vertical without making it more difficult to view the content.

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It’s not possible for users to change text size without some of the content overlapping.

We’ve assessed the cost of fixing the issues with navigation and accessing information. We believe that doing so now would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations. We will make another assessment when the supplier contract is up for renewal, likely to be in about twelve (12) months from 4/1/2024.

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Content Out of the scope of the Accessibility Regulations

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PDFs and Other Documents

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The accessibility regulations do not apply to links from our website to PDF documents on external websites, or documents published before 23 September 2018 that are non-essential to providing our services.

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To our knowledge, all documents (e.g., PDF, Word, etc.) published by Educate America, Inc. and uploaded to our website will meet accessibility standards.

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Live video

We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

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Preparation of this Accessibility Statement

 

This statement was prepared on 4/1/2024. It was last reviewed on 6/2/2024.

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This website was last tested on 6/1/2024 against the WCAG [2.1 or 2.2] AA standard.

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The full accessibility test report is available upon request.

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Effective Date:  6/1/2024

 

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