4-4-104.1 Web and Digital Content Accessibility

Procedure Description

I. Purpose

The South Carolina Technical College System is committed to ensuring equitable access
to its Web-based and other digital content in accordance with State and Federal legal
requirements. All SCTCS college and System Office websites, and digital content such as
Mobile Applications, Web-based Applications and Electronic Documents, shall be
designed to be accessible so that people with disabilities have access to online information,
data, and services comparable to that accorded to individuals who do not have
disabilities. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title II of the Americans
with Disabilities Act require public entities such as colleges to ensure their programs,
services, and activities, to include those offered online and through Mobile Applications,
are accessible to people with disabilities; Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
authorizes technical standards for web and digital content accessibility.
SCTCS colleges and System Office staff designing Web-based and digital content for
public use should consider accessibility during development. Newly developed and revised
Web-based and digital content shall be compliant with Web Content Accessibility
Guidelines (WCAG) or similar updated standards as required by federal regulation.

II. Definitions

A. “Accessible" refers to information or technology that, at a minimum, affords a
person with a disability the opportunity to acquire the same information,
engage in the same interactions, and enjoy the same programs and activities as
a person without a disability in an Equally Effective and equally integrated
manner, with substantially equivalent ease of use.