April 24, 2026

One of the documents that systemwide Senate has under review (with comments due by Dec. 10) deals with accessibility standards for disabled individuals for a variety of university documents.

The date April 24, 2026 keeps appearing in the notice for review as a deadline for having documents accessible.

Faculty require and provide instructional material in written form (textbooks, readings from various sources), as well as video and audio material. Some courses are fully or partially taught online.

It is unclear to your truly exactly what will be required as of April 24, 2026. I suspect it will be unclear to others. And April 24, 2026 is not all that far away.

The item can be found at:

https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/underreview/systemwide-senate-review-it-accessibility.pdf.

By the way, much of what is listed as under review by the systemwide Senate, even though comments are always invited, has unclear implications for faculty. It would be useful if the Senate adopted a general practice of annotating these postings so that the implications are clear.