UT Web Publishing https://webpublishing.utexas.edu/accessibility/best-practices If your website is used by all of the students at a university, an inaccessible website could put the university at risk for a lawsuit
UTS 150 Access by Persons with Disabilities to Electronic and Information Resources Procured or Developed by The University of Texas System Administration and The University of Texas System Institutions https://www.utsystem.edu/sites/policy-library/policies/uts-150-access-persons-disabilities-electronic-and-information-resources-procured-or-developed-university-of-texas-system-administration-and-university-of-texas-system-institutions
Sec. 2 Compliance: The U. T. System Administration and all U. T. System institutions must comply with the DIR Accessibility Rules when developing, procuring, maintaining, or using EIRs.... ...Definitions: Electronic and Information Resources (EIRs) - defined by statute and rule to include...Internet websites - please note that such websites include, but are not limited to, “state websites”, defined as websites that are owned, operated by or for, or funded by a Texas institution of higher education, and including both ► the home page (the initial page or entry point to a state website), and ► any key public entry points (i.e., web pages that are specifically designed for members of the general public to access official information, including the governing or authoritative documents, from the institution of higher education); multimedia resources... electronic and information resource services provided through hosted or managed services contracts; any of the above EIRs that are developed, procured, or changed by a contractor of a State agency or an institution of higher education, if the contract either requires the use of such EIRs or requires the contractor to use such EIRs, to a significant extent, in performing a service or furnishing a product...
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