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Career Technical Education Office

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Calendar - San Diego Mesa College Calendar

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

list-not-following-semantics

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Title / URL	Issues
Alumni Network \| San Diego Mesa Collegewww.sdmesa.edu/alumni/index.shtml	7
Faculty/Staffwww.sdmesa.edu/faculty-staff/index.shtml	6
Admissionswww.sdmesa.edu/admissions/index.shtml	6
Financial Aidwww.sdmesa.edu/financial-aid/	6
Library Researchwww.sdmesa.edu/library/	6
Driving Directions San Diego Mesa Collegewww.sdmesa.edu/about-mesa/directions.shtml	6
Academic Programs \| San Diego Mesa Collegewww.sdmesa.edu/academics/v2/programs/	6
Career Technical Education Officewww.sdmesa.edu/about-mesa/cte-office/	6
Accreditation \| San Diego Mesa Collegewww.sdmesa.edu/about-mesa/accreditation/	6
Calendar - San Diego Mesa College Calendarwww.sdmesa.edu/calendar/index.php	6

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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