ADA Web Accessibility.Compliant by Deadline.

Nelnet’s accessibility practice — 30+ years of expertise, proven on statewide government platforms — delivered to schools and local governments through publicly solicited Edge Public cooperative contracts. No RFP required.

K-12 School Districts
Contract ECPA-2026109

Municipalities & Local Gov
AFI Cooperative Contract

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The Compliance Clock

This is a mandate, not a best practice.

The U.S. Department of Justice’s ADA Title II rule requires state and local government digital content — websites, mobile apps, documents and video — to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA. The dates are fixed and they are already on the calendar.

Larger entities

April 26, 2027

Public entities with a population of 50,000 or more must have compliant digital content.

—Days

—Months

Smaller entities & special districts

April 26, 2028

Smaller public entities and special districts of any size must have compliant digital content.

—Days

—Months

WCAG 2.1Level AA required

The technical standard named in the rule. Not a recommendation — the measuring stick regulators and plaintiffs use.

6,000+Per year

Digital accessibility lawsuits are filed annually in the U.S. Public-facing sites and apps are routine targets.

Title IIDOJ ADA rule

Applies across websites, mobile apps, PDFs and other documents, and video content your entity publishes.

Remediation takes months, not weeks. Entities that start in 2026 finish calmly. Entities that start in 2027 finish in court.

About Nelnet

A 30-year accessibility practice, built inside education.

Nelnet Government Services delivers ADA web accessibility consulting with more than three decades of expertise serving education — K-12 through higher education — and government. Publicly traded parent company on the NYSE under NNI, with the scale and stability a multi-year compliance program needs.

30+

Years of expertise

Accessibility work grounded in real institutional environments, not a service line launched for the deadline.

NNI

NYSE-listed parent

A publicly traded organization behind every engagement — financial transparency and long-term continuity.

1M+

Users brought to compliance

myColorado, the state’s DMV and digital ID app, brought into WCAG 2.1 AA compliance with Colorado OIT.

Member, Coalition on Accessibility in Higher Education Education-focused: K-12 through higher ed Proven state government delivery WCAG 2.1 AA specialists

Services

Assess. Remediate. Govern.

Three pillars that take an entity from “we don’t know where we stand” to documented, defensible, sustained compliance.

Pillar 01

Assess

Accessibility assessments that measure your digital estate against WCAG 2.1 Level AA and turn findings into a prioritized plan.

WCAG 2.1 AA audits of websites and applications
Manual and assistive-technology testing
Severity-ranked findings tied to Title II risk
Compliance roadmaps with owners and sequencing

Pillar 02

Remediate

Hands-on repair, not a report that lands on a desk. Nelnet fixes what the audit found, across every content type the rule covers.

Website and web application remediation
Mobile app accessibility fixes
Document remediation, including PDFs
Video captioning and accessible media

Pillar 03

Govern

Compliance documentation and training that keeps you compliant after the project ends — because every new page can reintroduce risk.

VPAT and ACR reporting
Staff training for content and web teams
Accessibility Team as a Service (ATaaS)
Ongoing governance and monitoring

Dual Contract Access

Two publicly solicited contracts. One accessibility partner.

Edge Public holds cooperative contracts covering both sides of the public sector, so the buying path is already open whichever kind of entity you are.

ECPA — K-12

K-12 School Districts

Contract ECPA-2026109

The cooperative purchasing path for public school districts buying accessibility assessment, remediation and governance services.

Publicly solicited cooperative contract
No RFP required by the purchasing district
EDGAR compliant for federal fund use
Scope covers audits, remediation, VPAT/ACR and training

AFI — Local Gov

Municipalities & Local Governments

AFI Cooperative Contract

The cooperative purchasing path for cities, towns, counties and districts facing the same Title II deadline.

Publicly solicited cooperative contract
No RFP required by the purchasing entity
EDGAR compliant for federal fund use
Same Nelnet team, same WCAG 2.1 AA standard

Publicly solicitedBoth contracts were competitively and publicly solicited, satisfying local procurement policy.

No RFP requiredYour entity does not have to run its own solicitation to award work.

EDGAR compliantStructured for entities spending federal education funds under EDGAR requirements.

Eligibility

Who can buy through these contracts.

If you are a public entity publishing digital content, the Title II clock applies to you — and one of these two contracts covers you.

K-12 School DistrictsPublic districts and charter networks, via ECPA-2026109.

MunicipalitiesCities and towns with public-facing sites, portals and apps.

CountiesCounty government services, records and citizen portals.

Higher EducationColleges and universities, including LMS and course content.

State AgenciesStatewide platforms serving residents at scale.

Special DistrictsWater, transit, library, fire and utility districts of any size.

Featured Case Study

The myColorado Story

Nelnet embedded with the State of Colorado’s Office of Information Technology to bring myColorado — the state’s DMV and digital driver’s license app, used by more than one million residents — into WCAG 2.1 AA compliance.

Embedded, not outsourced Nelnet accessibility specialists worked inside Colorado OIT’s own teams and delivery cadence.
Audited against WCAG 2.1 AA Full assessment of the app experience against the same standard the DOJ Title II rule names.
Remediated a live, high-traffic app Fixes shipped into a production service residents depend on for DMV and identity functions.
Left governance behind Documentation and practices so new releases stay compliant instead of drifting back out.

State of Colorado • OIT

1M+Residents using myColorado, the state’s DMV and digital ID app

WCAG
2.1 AAThe compliance standard achieved — identical to the Title II requirement

OITEmbedded directly with Colorado’s Office of Information Technology

DMVDriver’s license and motor vehicle services made accessible

Next Step

Start before the clock does the deciding.

An accessibility review is the fastest way to find out where you stand against WCAG 2.1 AA. Contact Edge Public to scope one under ECPA-2026109 or the AFI cooperative contract.

Chris Primiano

Edge Public

chris.primiano@edgepublic.com 781.789.1187

Cody Wagner

Edge Public

cody.wagner@edgepublic.com 239.895.3935

Cooperative contracts for public entities — publicly solicited, EDGAR compliant, no RFP required.