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Response synthesis and audit

School District response to website accessibility and transparency

The District disputes the document and agenda findings, qualifies its accessibility position, and agrees on external-link risks. It promises document/accessibility work tied to April 26, 2028, claims agenda posting is implemented, and declines exit-warning screens.

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Response by Mariposa County Unified School District and Office of Education

5

Addressed

3

Partially addressed

0

Not addressed

0

Unclear

County's stated disposition

These categories reflect the County's response to each recommendation, separate from this audit's assessment.

1

Implemented

2

Will be implemented

0

Requires further analysis

1

Will not be implemented

0

Unclear

How to read this audit

This review assesses the response document, not independently verified implementation, factual accuracy, or legal compliance. Each audit identifies its respondent and letter date. Page citations refer to the assembled response packet. The audit records the District’s cited legal interpretation without independently deciding compliance or verifying the live website.

Commitments

Actions stated in the response

These are commitments extracted from the County's response. They describe what the response says will happen; they do not verify that implementation occurred.

2

Extracted commitments

2

Definite or bounded timing

0

Conditional timing

0

No timeframe

R6 — School District · Exact date

Implement document-accessibility improvements to the extent required by the District’s review.

2028-04-26

R8 — School District · Exact date

Evaluate web accessibility and implement required improvements under the District’s stated WCAG 2.1 AA approach.

2028-04-26

Item-by-item review

Findings and recommendations

Assessments describe whether the response engages each cited item. Finding scores separately describe statutory-elements completeness under California Penal Code § 933.05(a) and public usefulness. They do not independently verify the response or constitute a legal conclusion.

Showing 8 of 8 items

finding · F6 — School District

Searchable documents and descriptive names

Audit: Addressed

Response says

Mariposa County Unified School District and Office of Education: Partly disagrees after reviewing budgets, LCAP, audits, and agendas; identifies one scanned public-hearing document and says other reviewed documents are searchable with specific titles.

Audit analysis

The response specifies the exception and the disputed broader claim, explains its review, and identifies a document title and URL that readers can check.

Finding-response score

Document completeness and usefulness—not factual verification or a legal conclusion.

10/10

4/4

Statutory elements

Stated position
2/2
Applicable disagreement elements
2/2

6/6

Public usefulness

Coverage
2/2
Reason specificity
2/2
Support traceability
2/2

The response specifies the exception and the disputed broader claim, explains its review, and identifies a document title and URL that readers can check.

Scoring confidence: high

Report page 3Response page 6
Discuss finding and response

finding · F7 — School District

Searchable school-board agendas

Audit: Addressed

Response says

Mariposa County Unified School District and Office of Education: Wholly disagrees, citing its agenda portal and saying its review found no non-searchable scanned agendas.

Audit analysis

The response directly disputes the alleged practice, states its review basis, and supplies the portal and statutory provision. This scores the explanation, not the correctness of its legal conclusion.

Finding-response score

Document completeness and usefulness—not factual verification or a legal conclusion.

10/10

4/4

Statutory elements

Stated position
2/2
Applicable disagreement elements
2/2

6/6

Public usefulness

Coverage
2/2
Reason specificity
2/2
Support traceability
2/2

The response directly disputes the alleged practice, states its review basis, and supplies the portal and statutory provision. This scores the explanation, not the correctness of its legal conclusion.

Scoring confidence: high

Report page 4Response page 6
Discuss finding and response

finding · F8 — School District

Website accessibility indications

Audit: Partially addressed

Response says

Mariposa County Unified School District and Office of Education: Agrees only to the extent that it plans evaluation and compliance by what it identifies as an April 26, 2028 deadline.

Audit analysis

The qualified position explains a future compliance plan but does not resolve whether the jury’s observed accessibility barriers existed. The rule and URL are traceable, while the disputed scope and present conditions remain unclear.

Finding-response score

Document completeness and usefulness—not factual verification or a legal conclusion.

7/10

3/4

Statutory elements

Stated position
2/2
Applicable disagreement elements
1/2

4/6

Public usefulness

Coverage
1/2
Reason specificity
1/2
Support traceability
2/2

The qualified position explains a future compliance plan but does not resolve whether the jury’s observed accessibility barriers existed. The rule and URL are traceable, while the disputed scope and present conditions remain unclear.

Scoring confidence: high

Report page 4Response page 6
Discuss finding and response

finding · F9 — School District

External-portal branding and exit notices

Audit: Addressed

Response says

Mariposa County Unified School District and Office of Education: Agrees with the finding.

Audit analysis

Explicit agreement covers the finding but adds no explanation or supporting record.

Finding-response score

Document completeness and usefulness—not factual verification or a legal conclusion.

6/10

4/4

Statutory elements

Stated position
2/2
Applicable disagreement elements
2/2

2/6

Public usefulness

Coverage
2/2
Reason specificity
0/2
Support traceability
0/2

Explicit agreement covers the finding but adds no explanation or supporting record.

Scoring confidence: high

Report page 4Response page 6
Discuss finding and response

recommendation · R6 — School District

Searchable and clearly named documents

County: Will be implementedAudit: Partially addressed

Response says

Mariposa County Unified School District and Office of Education: Will implement changes to the extent required by its accessibility review, citing WCAG 2.1 AA and April 26, 2028.

Audit analysis

An action and date are stated, but the promise is qualified by the future review rather than an unqualified commitment for all documents.

Extracted commitments

Implement document-accessibility improvements to the extent required by the District’s review.

Responsible party
Mariposa County Unified School District and Office of Education
Timing
2028-04-26 · Exact date
Report page 3Response page 7

recommendation · R7 — School District

Searchable agendas for all named bodies

County: ImplementedAudit: Partially addressed

Response says

Mariposa County Unified School District and Office of Education: Says implemented and that it continues to endeavor to post compliant agendas.

Audit analysis

The disposition is explicit, but the implementation description does not separately demonstrate searchable postings for Trustees, MCOE, and the bond-oversight committee.

Report page 4Response page 7

recommendation · R8 — School District

Evaluate accessibility and make improvements

County: Will be implementedAudit: Addressed

Response says

Mariposa County Unified School District and Office of Education: Will review accessibility and implement necessary changes to the extent required, citing April 26, 2028.

Audit analysis

The response states a review, improvement commitment, and date. It does not provide interim milestones or evaluation results.

Extracted commitments

Evaluate web accessibility and implement required improvements under the District’s stated WCAG 2.1 AA approach.

Responsible party
Mariposa County Unified School District and Office of Education
Timing
2028-04-26 · Exact date
Report page 4Response page 7

recommendation · R9 — School District

Standard exit-warning screens

County: Will not be implementedAudit: Addressed

Response says

Mariposa County Unified School District and Office of Education: Declines as unwarranted or unreasonable because it knows of no statute requiring them; says it may consider them during its review.

Audit analysis

The refusal and reason are explicit. Possible future consideration is not a commitment to install warnings and does not establish that the acknowledged risk is resolved.

Report page 4Response page 7