CCSD Accessibility Plan

  • Cherry Creek Schools – HB21-1110 Compliance Plan 

    Our efforts: 

    Cherry Creek School District is committed to providing equitable access to our services to all Coloradans. 

    Our ongoing accessibility effort works towards being in line with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). These guidelines not only help make technology accessible to users with sensory, cognitive and mobility disabilities, but ultimately to all users, regardless of ability. 

    Our efforts are just part of a meaningful change in making all State of Colorado services inclusive and accessible. Our approach aims to meet statutory requirements and foster an inclusive digital environment conducive to the educational success of all students and staff. We welcome comments on how to improve our technology’s accessibility for users with disabilities and for requests for accommodations to any State of Colorado services.  

    Remediation Process: 

    Website Compliance Plan: 

    • CCSD to use accessibility tools to scan website for compliance
      • FinalSite AudioEye continuously monitors the CCSD website to ensure conformance with WCAG guidelines and reports on any issues.
      • The AudioEye Help Desk allows site visitors who encounter any accessibility issues to communicate directly with AudioEye.
    • CCSD to resolve reasonable website issues.
    • CCSD to fix reasonable PDF issues as needed. 

    Application Compliance: 

    • CCSD to document list of current core applications and vendors with compliance status.
    • CCSD to include accessibility requirements in RFPs, purchase order terms and conditions and vendor contracts.
    • Vendors to be in compliance or CCSD will follow the state undue burden documentation process. 

    Staff Training: 

    • CCSD will share accessibility awareness documentation with staff involved in creating website content.
    • CCSD to incorporate accessibility training as the district moves to a new website platform. 

    Documents and other Digital Resource Compliance: 

    • CCSD to use accessibility checker in MS Office products as needed
    • CCSD to use accessibility checker in Adobe Acrobat Professional and CommonLook PDF plugin (where available) as needed.
    • CCSD to use available extension tools to check for accessibility in all published documents in Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and websites.
    • CCSD to use Canva Accessibility checker for all created Canva documents and resources 

    Ongoing Support and Oversight: 

    • CCSD to leverage leadership resources in the Information Systems, Legal, Procurement, and Communications departments to ensure oversite for HB12-1111 compliance.  

    Accessibility Maturity: 

    Cherry Creek Schools is at the following accessibility maturity level for 2024. 

    Check One 

    Stage 

    Criteria 

      

    Inactive 

    No awareness and recognition of need. At this stage organizations are inventorying their technology, have begun to make investments, etc…. 

      

    Launch 

    Recognized need organization-wide. Planning initiated, but activities not well organized. 

    X 

    Integrate 

    Roadmap including timeline is in place, overall organizational approach defined and well organized. 

      

    Optimize 

    Incorporated into the whole organization, consistently evaluated, and actions taken on assessment outcomes. 

     

    Compliance Documentation: 

    Approval: 

    Jason Koenig, CIO 

    Approved on (6/27/24) Last Updated on 6/27/24
Last Modified on August 1, 2024