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Accessibility Statement
Colorado Early Colleges (CEC) is committed to providing equitable access to our services to all Coloradans.
Our ongoing accessibility effort aims to ensure that CEC is compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1, level AA criteria. These guidelines help make technology accessible not only to users with sensory, cognitive, and mobility disabilities but ultimately to all users, regardless of ability.
Your feedback is crucial in our journey towards making all CEC services inclusive and accessible. We value your comments on how we can improve our technology’s accessibility for users with disabilities and your requests for accommodation for any Colorado Early Colleges services.
Feedback & Support
We welcome your feedback about the accessibility of Colorado Early Colleges’ online services. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers. CEC is committed to responding within two business days.
Phone: 970.305.4303
E-mail: accessibility@coloradoearlycolleges.org
Updated on: This Accessibility Conformance Statement was last updated on 7/1/2024
Colorado Early Colleges’ Commitment to Accessibility
Colorado Early Colleges (CEC) is committed to providing equitable access to all Coloradans. Our ongoing accessibility effort aims to ensure that all CEC services, programs, and activities are accessible, giving all Coloradans equal access to information and services.
To that end, Colorado Early Colleges plans to prioritize, evaluate, remediate, and continuously improve every digital touchpoint within our services, programs, and activities. Below are just some of the measures Colorado Early Colleges is undertaking.
Accessibility Maturity
Colorado Early Colleges is at the following accessibility maturity level for 2024.
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Inactive |
No awareness and recognition of need. At this stage organizations are inventorying their technology, have begun to make investments. |
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Launch |
Recognized need organization-wide. Planning initiated, but activities not well organized. |
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Integrate |
Roadmap including timeline is in place, overall organizational approach defined and well organized. |
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Optimize |
Incorporated into the whole organization, consistently evaluated, and actions taken on assessment outcomes. |
Why We Are at This Stage
Colorado Charter School Institute (CSI) notified Colorado public charter schools on 2/16/24 that we were required to comply with Colorado HB21-1110. Since then, we have engaged a consulting organization with our plan and process. We have evaluated our current state and built a high-level project plan. Current staff are adding accessibility to their existing workloads.
Organizational Measures
- Define a high-level accessibility roadmap that includes a timeline, goals, roles, responsibilities, and policies as needed for our organization.
- Incorporate accessibility into our procurement processes.
- Conduct and maintain an inventory of technology.
- Prioritize and validate through testing and address issues that are found in current technology.
- Obtain evidence of accessibility testing and compliance from 3rd party vendors.
- Create and implement a plan for reasonable accommodation and modification until the technology can be accessible.
- Provide contact information and support for receiving accessibility feedback and accommodations requests.
- Hire people with accessibility skills and train current employees on providing accessible services and technology.
- Create and post on front-facing web pages a progress-to-date report that is updated quarterly on the business day closest to the below dates and demonstrates concrete and measurable efforts toward compliance with the State of Colorado Office of IT (OIT) rules.
- July 1st
- October 1st
- January 1st
- May 1st
Project Plan
| Task Name: | Phase: | Start Date: | Due Date: | Completed Date: |
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Roadmap |
1 |
06/19/24 |
06/27/24 |
06/26/24 |
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Progress-to-Date Report |
1 |
06/19/24 |
06/27/24 |
06/26/24 |
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Website Accessibility Statement |
1 |
06/19/24 |
06/27/24 |
06/26/24 |
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Create Process/Means for Accessibility Requests |
1 |
06/19/24 |
06/27/24 |
06/26/24 |
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Social Media Templates |
2 |
07/10/24 |
07/31/24 |
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Document Templates |
2 |
07/10/24 |
07/31/24 |
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Staff Training |
2 |
07/10/24 |
08/09/24 |
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Public Website Documents |
2 |
07/10/24 |
09/30/24 |
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High-Priority Vendor VPATs |
2 |
07/10/24 |
09/30/24 |
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Software Prioritization |
2 |
07/10/24 |
09/30/24 |
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Software Discovery |
2 |
07/10/24 |
09/30/24 |
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Policy Creation or Update - Internal |
2 |
07/10/24 |
09/30/24 |
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Policy Creation - Governing Board |
2 |
07/10/24 |
09/30/24 |
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Accessibility Procedure Creation |
3 |
10/01/24 |
12/20/24 |
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Future Staff Training Plan |
3 |
10/01/24 |
12/20/24 |
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Internal Documents |
3 |
10/01/24 |
12/20/24 |
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Vendor VPATs |
3 |
10/01/24 |
12/20/24 |
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Publish Updates |
3 |
10/01/24 |
12/20/24 |
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Internal Documents |
4 |
01/06/25 |
03/31/25 |
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Vendor VPATs |
4 |
01/06/25 |
03/31/25 |
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Publish Updates |
4 |
01/06/25 |
03/31/25 |
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Internal Documents |
5 |
04/01/25 |
06/26/25 |
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Vendor VPATs |
5 |
04/01/25 |
06/26/25 |
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Publish Updates |
5 |
04/01/25 |
06/26/25 |
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