The Trump administration just pushed back a major deadline for schools to make their digital content accessible to people with disabilities, and advocates are furious. Public colleges, K-12 schools, and local governments now have an extra year – two, for smaller institutions – to comply with updated federal accessibility guidelines under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
According to NPR, the original deadline was set for this Friday, April 26, 2026, but the Justice Department announced the delay just four days before it was supposed to take effect. The decision means institutions serving 50,000 or more people now have until April 26, 2027, while smaller public entities get until the same date in 2028.
