{"id":3261,"date":"2019-05-09T07:32:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T12:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/communications\/?page_id=3261"},"modified":"2026-01-13T16:47:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:47:45","slug":"accessibility-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/communications\/accessibility-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3261\" class=\"elementor elementor-3261\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-93c8356 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93c8356\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-03e8476\" data-id=\"03e8476\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3a90c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3a90c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Accessibility Statement for Lincoln Public Schools<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44e40176 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44e40176\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-285b9eb4\" data-id=\"285b9eb4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d97c51c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d97c51c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lincoln Public Schools\u00a0is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for all persons, including people with disabilities. LPS\u2019s website endeavors to comply with Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act and the best practices and standards as set forth in level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1.<\/p><p>We are continually improving the user experience for everyone, and applying the relevant accessibility standards.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2ba2ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d2ba2ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conformance status\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ee987c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ee987c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/standards-guidelines\/wcag\/\">Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)<\/a>\u00a0defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. At this time, Lincoln Public Schools is\u00a0partially conformant\u00a0with\u00a0WCAG 2.1 level AA.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7f2fe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e7f2fe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Measures to support accessibility\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09ff4e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09ff4e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lincoln Public Schools takes the following measures to ensure accessibility on our websites:<\/p><ul><li>Show a preference for simple, well-organized and hierarchical content over style for the sake of style\u00a0<\/li><li>Use semantically correct page markup \u2014 ensuring that devices and software can correctly interpret and describe page content.<\/li><li>Consistently use high-contrast, easy-to-read typefaces<\/li><li>Encourage continual accessibility discussions among our communications staff \u2014 always looking for ways to make our content as accessible to all audiences as possible.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c8c844 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c8c844\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Resources<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4482fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a4482fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Accessibility References<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c180491 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c180491\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/WCAG10\/\">W3C accessibility guidelines, which explains the reasons behind each guideline.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.section508.gov\/\">U.S. Federal Government Section 508 accessibility guidelines.<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3da8a2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3da8a2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Software and Services<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57f7345 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57f7345\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/webaim.org\/resources\/\">Current lists of downloadable software and online services<\/a> can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/webaim.org\/\">WebAIM, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving accessibility to online learning materials.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-93bc40b\" data-id=\"93bc40b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8012ab9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8012ab9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Benchmarks<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b663540 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b663540\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The accepted current accessibility benchmarks at Lincoln Public Schools are to pass both the\u00a0aXe Accessibility Engine available as a part of <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/web\/tools\/lighthouse\/\">Google&#8217;s Lighthouse Tools for Web Developers<\/a> as well as the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wave.webaim.org\/\">WAVE (webaim.org)<\/a>\u00a0evaluation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0283199 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0283199\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Disclaimer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0c4fbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0c4fbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lincoln Public Schools continually reviews and seeks to improves the accessibility of its websites to all persons.\u00a0 Despite these ongoing efforts, there may be some pages or content that may not yet be fully compliant with the strictest accessibility standards.\u00a0 Any person who experiences difficulty with a website should promptly contact LPS to report the issue.<\/p><p>Lincoln Public Schools operates numerous websites that may link or integrate with third-party platforms or websites, such as Google, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.\u00a0 Lincoln Public Schools has no control over any third-party platform or website and is not responsible for any content posted on a third-party platform or website.\u00a0 Further, Lincoln Public Schools cannot guarantee the accessibility compliance of any third-party platform or website.<\/p><p>Similarly, Lincoln Public Schools cannot guarantee the accessibility of content delivered by purchased or contracted services such as Synergy, MySchoolBucks and GuideK12. We will continue to work with our solution providers to encourage them to improve the accessibility of their products in future updates.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0644eee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0644eee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Feedback<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2097055 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2097055\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of\u00a0Lincoln Public Schools. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on any website published by Lincoln Public Schools:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.k12insight.com\/Form\/Dialogue\/DialogueFormDefault?k=PR7ZY5Y3GLT@WY5Y3GLT@MDLT@DF7K4BLT@LDLT@NDLT\">Contact Us<\/a><\/li><li>Phone: (402) 436-1609<\/li><li>Postal address: Communications Department,\u00a05905 O Street, Lincoln, NE<\/li><\/ul><p>We strongly encourage any person who experiences difficulties on any LPS website to contact LPS directly, so that LPS can address the issue promptly.\u00a0 LPS will endeavor to make all reasonable efforts to resolve the issue as soon as practicable.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accessibility Statement for Lincoln Public Schools Lincoln Public Schools\u00a0is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for all persons, including people with disabilities. LPS\u2019s website endeavors to comply with Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act and the best practices and standards as set forth in level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone, and applying the relevant accessibility standards. Conformance status The\u00a0Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)\u00a0defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. At this time, Lincoln Public Schools is\u00a0partially conformant\u00a0with\u00a0WCAG 2.1 level AA. Measures to support accessibility Lincoln Public Schools takes the following measures to ensure accessibility on our websites: Show a preference for simple, well-organized and hierarchical content over style for the sake of style\u00a0 Use semantically correct page markup \u2014 ensuring that devices and software can correctly interpret and describe page content. Consistently use high-contrast, easy-to-read typefaces Encourage continual accessibility discussions among our communications staff \u2014 always looking for ways to make our content as accessible to all audiences as possible. Resources Accessibility References W3C accessibility guidelines, which explains the reasons behind each guideline. U.S. Federal Government Section 508 accessibility guidelines. Software and Services Current lists of downloadable software and online services can be found at\u00a0WebAIM, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving accessibility to online learning materials. Benchmarks The accepted current accessibility benchmarks at Lincoln Public Schools are to pass both the\u00a0aXe Accessibility Engine available as a part of Google&#8217;s Lighthouse Tools for Web Developers as well as the\u00a0WAVE (webaim.org)\u00a0evaluation. Disclaimer Lincoln Public Schools continually reviews and seeks to improves the accessibility of its websites to all persons.\u00a0 Despite these ongoing efforts, there may be some pages or content that may not yet be fully compliant with the strictest accessibility standards.\u00a0 Any person who experiences difficulty with a website should promptly contact LPS to report the issue. Lincoln Public Schools operates numerous websites that may link or integrate with third-party platforms or websites, such as Google, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.\u00a0 Lincoln Public Schools has no control over any third-party platform or website and is not responsible for any content posted on a third-party platform or website.\u00a0 Further, Lincoln Public Schools cannot guarantee the accessibility compliance of any third-party platform or website. Similarly, Lincoln Public Schools cannot guarantee the accessibility of content delivered by purchased or contracted services such as Synergy, MySchoolBucks and GuideK12. We will continue to work with our solution providers to encourage them to improve the accessibility of their products in future updates. Feedback We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of\u00a0Lincoln Public Schools. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on any website published by Lincoln Public Schools: Contact Us Phone: (402) 436-1609 Postal address: Communications Department,\u00a05905 O Street, Lincoln, NE We strongly encourage any person who experiences difficulties on any LPS website to contact LPS directly, so that LPS can address the issue promptly.\u00a0 LPS will endeavor to make all reasonable efforts to resolve the issue as soon as practicable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3261","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2JDXt-QB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3261"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8471,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3261\/revisions\/8471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}