Accessibility statement

Last updated: 2026-05-05 · Effective date: pending accessibility-specialist sign-off

Our commitment

Omni Forge LLC is committed to ensuring that the Omni Forge SIS Student Information System (the “Product”) is accessible to people with disabilities, including students, parents, guardians, and school staff. We treat accessibility as a core requirement of the Product, not a feature.

Standard we target

The Product is designed and tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA and aligned with Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act and the revised 508 standards (36 CFR Part 1194).

Conformance status

The Product is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 Level AA. “Partially conformant” means some parts of the content do not yet fully conform to the accessibility standard. Specifically:

• Authenticated app surfaces (parent / student / teacher / nurse home, attendance, grades, schedule, messages): targeted to fully conform; routinely audited with axe-core in our automated end-to-end test suite.
• Administrative surfaces (master schedule grid, gradebook bulk edit, dashboard sparklines, the rule-engine results table): partially conformant; complex data grids are an active area of improvement. Keyboard navigation works; screen-reader narration of cell-level actions is being expanded.
• Public marketing pages (home, pricing, signup): targeted to fully conform.
• PDF exports (transcripts, report cards, IEP documents): generated PDFs include text content rather than scanned images, but tagged structure (headings, table semantics) is currently limited; we are migrating export generation to a tagged-PDF pipeline.

Specific accessibility features

• Keyboard navigation across every interactive control; visible focus indicators on every focusable element.
• Semantic landmarks (header, nav, main, footer) on every page.
• Form fields with associated labels; required fields announced via aria-required.
• Real WCAG 2.1 contrast-ratio computation for color choices in the design system; runtime contrast check available via the audit tool in /admin/dev-tools.
• Reduced-motion preference honored: animations disabled when prefers-reduced-motion is set.
• Spanish language localization on parent-portal surfaces.
• Screen-reader-only text for icon-only controls.

Known issues we are actively working on

1. The master schedule grid uses a custom drag-and-drop UI; an equivalent keyboard-only flow exists but is more verbose. We are simplifying the keyboard flow.
2. Some dashboard sparkline charts lack equivalent text descriptions. Each tile is getting a screen-reader-only summary describing the trend.
3. The visitor-kiosk capture screen targets touch input; staff using the kiosk with assistive technology should ask the front-office attendant for assistance while we redesign that flow.
4. A subset of legacy PDF exports lack full tagged structure. Transcripts are the highest-priority migration target.

Compatibility

The Product is tested against the latest two major versions of:

• Google Chrome (Windows, macOS, Android, ChromeOS)
• Apple Safari (macOS, iOS, iPadOS)
• Mozilla Firefox (Windows, macOS)
• Microsoft Edge (Windows, macOS)

The Product is tested with the following assistive technologies:

• NVDA + Firefox (Windows)
• VoiceOver + Safari (macOS, iOS)
• TalkBack + Chrome (Android)

The Product is not designed to be used in browsers older than the supported versions. Older browsers may have functional or accessibility issues that we do not actively address.

Reporting an accessibility issue

If you encounter an accessibility barrier in the Product, please report it so we can fix it. Please include:

• The URL of the page where the issue occurred.
• A description of the barrier you encountered.
• The assistive technology, browser, and operating system you were using.

Two channels are available:

• If you are a District user: file an issue through your District's support contact. The District will route accessibility issues to us with priority.
• If you are a member of the public: email accessibility@omniforge.click. We aim to acknowledge reports within 2 business days and provide a remediation plan within 10 business days.

Formal complaints

If you are not satisfied with the response to a reported issue, you may file a complaint with the District's Section 504 / ADA coordinator (for K-12 Districts in the U.S., this is typically a designated administrator). U.S. public-school families also have the right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights at ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/complaintintro.html.

Assessment approach

We assess the accessibility of the Product through a combination of self-evaluation (axe-core automated testing in our continuous-integration pipeline, manual screen-reader testing, manual keyboard-only testing) and third-party audits. A formal VPAT 2.5 Section 508 / WCAG 2.1 AA report is in preparation and will be linked here once available.

This statement is prepared by Omni Forge LLC. The accessibility status described above is a self-evaluation; it should be supplemented by an independent VPAT before being relied upon in K-12 procurement.