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From: Angela French
Date: Aug 24, 2015 2:49PM

I am trying to validate to WCAG 2.0 AA. I'm getting the error that I am missing an associated label on my search field.

I have tried aria-label="search" and title="search" but neither one kept the error from being thrown. Are these not true solutions? Or must I have a <label> tag?

Thanks

Angela French
Internet Specialist
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
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