Solutions for Arkansas
Arkansas Act 1227 + ADA Title II Compliance
Arkansas has had a state web accessibility law on the books since 1999. Act 1227 requires all government and state-funded entities to make their websites accessible to users who are blind or visually impaired. Now the federal ADA Title II rule extends that to all disabilities and all web content — including PDFs. CASO Comply remediates those documents automatically so you can meet both requirements.
What Arkansas Already Requires
Arkansas was one of the earlier states to pass a digital accessibility law. Act 1227 has been in effect since 1999, and Act 308 strengthened it in 2013.
Act 1227 of 1999
Arkansas's landmark accessibility law requires the Department of Information Systems to develop non-visual access standards ensuring state websites are equally accessible to users who are blind or visually impaired.
Act 308 of 2013 (Amendment to Act 1227)
Updated and strengthened the original Act 1227, reinforcing that all Arkansas government agencies and state-funded entities must maintain accessible websites with text equivalents for non-text content.
Arkansas DIS Non-Visual Access Standards
The Department of Information Systems sets technical standards for state IT accessibility, requiring text equivalents for images, animation, audio, and video on all government and state-funded websites.
ADA Title II Federal Mandate
The DOJ's 2024 final rule requires all Arkansas state and local government web content — including posted PDFs — to conform to WCAG 2.1 Level AA by the applicable deadline.
The Federal Clock Arkansas Is On
The DOJ's ADA Title II web rule defines “web content” to include documents posted on government sites — meaning public-facing PDFs that are still in use are in scope.
Deadline Passed
April 24, 2026
Arkansas agencies serving populations of 50,000 or more
This deadline has passed. Non-compliant agencies are now subject to enforcement.
Approaching
April 26, 2027
Smaller Arkansas entities and special districts serving populations under 50,000
Approximately 13 months remain to achieve full compliance.
Why Arkansas Entities Choose CASO Comply
Clear the PDF Backlog Fast
Arkansas agencies and school districts have been posting PDFs for years — legislative reports, county records, student forms, policy documents. Act 1227 has required accessibility since 1999, but many older documents never got fixed. CASO Comply automates remediation so you can bring the backlog into compliance quickly without adding staff.
Stay Compliant on Every New Upload
Even after you address the existing documents, new PDFs go up across Arkansas government sites every week. CASO Comply gives you a repeatable process to make every new public-facing document accessible at the point of publishing, so you stay in compliance with both Act 1227 and ADA Title II.
No Accessibility Expertise Required
Most Arkansas county offices and state departments don't have WCAG specialists on staff. CASO Comply handles the technical requirements — structure tags, alt text, reading order, metadata — so existing staff can meet both the state law that's been on the books since 1999 and the new federal deadline.
How CASO Comply Helps
A complete solution for Arkansas document accessibility — from discovery to remediation to ongoing compliance.
SiteScan Document Inventory
Automated crawling of your entire web presence to identify every PDF, Word document, and spreadsheet. Know the full scope of your compliance gap in hours, not months.
Automated Remediation at Scale
AI-powered remediation processes thousands of documents per day. Structure tagging, alt text generation, reading order correction, and metadata cleanup — all automated.
Certificate of Compliance
Every remediated document receives a verifiable compliance certificate with before-and-after scoring. Audit-ready documentation for DOJ inquiries.
Ongoing Monitoring
New documents are scanned automatically as they are published. Stay compliant as your content library grows.
Start Your Arkansas Compliance Assessment
Find out how many inaccessible documents are on your website. Our free SiteScan identifies every PDF and document that needs remediation.
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