Montana schools accused of website inaccessibility

“I think it’s an issue of time and of energy, of knowledge, and honestly respect for consumers,” says MSDB Superintendent Donna Sorensen.

The Department of Education is releasing a list of complaints against school districts across the country, and we’re now learning several Montana schools are on that list, specifically with regards to website accessibility. According to the Office of Public Instruction, complaints about websites have been going on for years, but the number of complaints increased significantly in 2018, when a simple rule change forced the Office of Civil Rights to recognize all complaints and not just mark them as frivolous