Complaints get expensive fast
Most complaints don't end in a government fine. They end in legal costs, remediation expenses, and settlement demands that can reach tens of thousands of dollars, plus an urgent scramble to fix your site.
Is your district website
ADA-compliant?
The deadline is April 2028.
ADA Genie checks your school or government website every day and hands you a plain-English fix list, sorted into what your team can handle and what's on your website vendor. Every scan goes into a dated record that documents your progress.
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Accessibility report
2 critical
Sample first scan · Riverside School District · WCAG 2.1 AA
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Pages scanned
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WCAG issues
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Critical + High
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Pages affected
Your team fixes12
Vendor fixes6
90-day monitoring history
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Time until the April 26, 2028 deadline for smaller districts, towns & special districts:
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Monitoring the platforms public sector sites actually run on
Finalsite
Apptegy
CivicPlus
Edlio
Blackboard
WordPress
The stakes
An inaccessible website is now a legal risk
In 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice made web accessibility a legal requirement for state and local government, including public schools. The benchmark is WCAG 2.1 AA, the internationally recognized standard for accessible websites.
Two firm deadlines
April 26, 2027 for larger districts and governments (those serving 50,000+ people). April 26, 2028 for smaller ones. After that, an inaccessible website breaks federal law.
A complaint can come from anyone
Any parent, resident, or advocacy group can file a complaint with the U.S. Office for Civil Rights, the federal agency that investigates discrimination at schools and public bodies. There's no warning, and a complaint can put you under a binding agreement to fix everything on a deadline.
Accessibility monitoring isn't just finding issues. It's documenting your ongoing effort to address them.
If a complaint is ever filed, the first question is what you've been doing about accessibility. A dated record of every scan lets you answer it: you were monitoring, you were finding issues, and you were making progress.
How it works
Set it once. Stay on top of accessibility every day.
No plugins to install, no code to touch. ADA Genie watches your live site the way a real visitor's browser loads it. Results arrive as one short email each morning: no new dashboard, nothing to log into.
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Daily automated scan
Every day, we scan your whole site with the same accessibility engine that powers Google Lighthouse, with coverage benchmarked against WebAIM's WAVE tool, checking WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 (the recognized standards).
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AI that reads like a person
Beyond simple checklists, our AI reviews each page the way a real visitor sees it, helping identify potential concerns that rule-based tests may not detect: meaningless image descriptions, confusing links, and quirks on platforms like Finalsite and Apptegy.
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A fix list anyone can act on
Each issue is sorted into "your team can fix this" or "send this to your website vendor." Plain language, no technical background needed.
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A record you can hand over
A clear, dated log of every scan: the kind of documentation that's useful to have if a complaint is ever filed.
How we test
The engine the experts trust, taken further
ADA Genie runs on axe-core, the same accessibility engine inside Google Lighthouse and Chrome DevTools, then goes well beyond a one-time score.
Industry-standard engine
The same axe-core engine that powers Google Lighthouse, run against WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 (Level A & AA). You're measured the way the pros measure.
More than a Lighthouse score
Lighthouse runs a small, curated subset of those checks, once. ADA Genie runs a fuller rule set across every page, automatically, every day.
AI where rules fall short
Our AI helps identify potential concerns that rule-based checks may not detect, like whether alt text actually describes the image or whether "click here" means anything out of context. AI findings are flagged for your review, never asserted as fact.
A screenshot of every issue
We capture the exact element we flagged, so your team can see what to fix. No digging through code.
A "needs human review" list
Some things automation can't fairly judge: text set over a background image, the reading order of a complex page, whether a video needs captions. Those get flagged for a person to verify, never guessed.
Failures kept separate from tips
Real WCAG failures are never padded out with advisory suggestions. You always know what's actually required vs. just nice to have.
No automated tool, ours included, catches everything. Whether your site truly works with a keyboard and a screen reader, and whether content actually makes sense to a person, can only be confirmed by hand, so we recommend pairing ADA Genie with a manual expert audit for sign-off. How we test & what that means →
Reporting
Reports your leadership can actually read
Hand your superintendent, school board, or council a clear summary, not a 400-row spreadsheet. Every report is branded, dated, and easy to share or print.
- Pages scanned, issues found, and how many pages are affected
- Issues grouped by WCAG criterion, in plain language
- A clear split of what your team can fix vs. what's on your vendor
- A dated record of every scan, kept over time
Automated testing is a starting point. It can't catch every issue, so we recommend pairing it with a manual expert audit.
Website accessibility audit
Riverside School District
riverside.k12.example.org · WCAG 2.1 AA
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Pages scanned
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WCAG issues
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Critical + High
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Pages affected
Issues by WCAG criterion
WCAG 1.1.1Images need a text alternative (alt text)9
WCAG 2.4.4Link text must describe where it goes4
WCAG 2.4.1Provide a way to skip repeated navigation3
WCAG 1.3.1Page structure must be programmatic2
12
Your team can fix
Alt text, links, headings, titles, contrast
6
Your vendor must fix
Site-wide template issues
+ 6 best-practice tips
4 flagged for human review
screenshot of each issue
Under the law your district stays responsible either way. We just show what's yours to fix vs. your vendor's, and log that you flagged it.
Works with your website
Built for the platforms public sites actually run on
ADA Genie checks your live site from the outside. Nothing to install, and no access to your code required. If a visitor can open the page, we can check it.
Platforms we monitor
Finalsite
Apptegy
CivicPlus
Edlio
Blackboard
WordPress
…and more
Nothing to install. No plugins, no code changes, no IT project.
No vendor lock-in. Change website platforms whenever you like. Monitoring keeps going.
We see what visitors see. We load your pages the way a real browser does.
Pricing
Two simple plans
Everything you need to watch your site and document your progress. No setup fees. Cancel anytime.
Standard
Daily accessibility monitoring for your whole site
$59/month
- Daily AI-powered scan of every page
- Plain-English fix list, sorted for your team vs. your website vendor
- Complimentary full site-wide audit when you sign up
- A 90-day paper trail: every scan dated and logged, ready to show your board or council
- Ready for today's standards and tomorrow's: our checks stay current as WCAG rules and federal deadlines evolve
Most thorough
Pro
Deeper audits and a stronger paper trail
$99/month
- Everything in Standard, plus:
- A full site-wide audit report every month: the same deep dive you get at signup, with a screenshot of every issue
- Your complete scan history, kept for as long as you subscribe (not just 90 days)
- On-demand re-scans: fixed something? Request a fresh scan and confirm it, any time
Larger district or special needs, like hands-on fixes or hosting? Get in touch.
Free · No obligation
Get your free accessibility audit
Tell us where to look. We'll scan your live site and email you a branded report with a clear snapshot of where it stands on accessibility, and the most important things to fix first.
- A real scan of your real site
- Plain-language findings, not jargon
- Delivered within 2 business days
Your wish is granted!
We'll email your accessibility audit within 2 business days. Keep an eye on your inbox.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Do we need to install anything or buy other software?
No. ADA Genie runs entirely on our infrastructure. There's nothing to install, no plugin, and nothing else to buy. We just need your website URL to start monitoring.
Does this replace a full manual accessibility audit?
No, and it isn't meant to. ADA Genie is continuous, automated monitoring aligned to WCAG 2.1 AA, plus a dated record that documents your ongoing effort. Automated tools can't catch everything, so for formal sign-off we recommend pairing it with a one-time professional manual audit, then let ADA Genie keep watch and flag new issues between audits.
What about our specific platform?
We support the platforms public websites run on: Finalsite, Apptegy, CivicPlus, Edlio, Blackboard, WordPress, and more. Because we load your pages the way a real browser does, we test what your visitors actually experience.
Our website vendor says accessibility is handled. Do we still need this?
Your vendor is responsible for the template your site is built on, and many handle that part well. But most new accessibility issues don't start in the template. They arrive with day-to-day updates: a flyer, a board agenda, a newsletter, a new photo. ADA Genie checks both, and it labels every issue so you know what your own team can fix in the CMS and what to send to your vendor, with the exact details they need.
How fast do we get the free audit?
Within two business days of submitting the form. You'll get a branded report with a snapshot of your site's accessibility and the highest-priority fixes. No sales call is required to receive it.
The deadline isn't moving. You can get started today.
Get a free audit, see where your site stands, and decide from there. No pressure, no jargon.
Get a free accessibility audit