The U.S. Department of Justice delayed a major ADA web accessibility compliance deadline for public colleges and universities. The interim final rule pushes compliance out by one year, with most public colleges moving their effective deadline to April 26, 2027 and smaller entities to April 26, 2028. The DOJ cited implementation burdens and “circumstances beyond the department’s control,” including the scale of updates required across large digital ecosystems such as learning-management systems and instructional course content. Higher education groups had asked for extensions or additional guidance, warning that campuses could not realistically reach full compliance by prior enforcement dates. Accessibility advocates characterized the delay as necessary for campuses to get compliance right rather than as permission to pause. Still, the extension maintains pressure on institutional IT teams and vendors to accelerate remediation, given the ongoing legal and accountability exposure tied to ADA accessibility requirements.