1. Short title This Act may be cited as the ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 . 2. Compliance through education Based on existing funding, the Disability Rights Section of the Department of Justice shall, in consultation with property owners and representatives of the disability rights community, develop a program to educate State and local governments and property owners on effective and efficient strategies for promoting access to public accommodations for persons with a disability (as defined in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act ( 42 U.S.C. 12102 )). Such program may include training for professionals such as Certified Access Specialists to provide a guidance of remediation for potential violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. 3. Notice and cure period Paragraph (1) of section 308(a) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12188(a)(1) ) is amended to read as follows: (1) Availability of remedies and procedures (A) In general Subject to subparagraph (B), the remedies and procedures set forth in section 204(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000a–3(a) ) are the remedies and procedures this title provides to any person who is being subjected to discrimination on the basis of disability in violation of this title or who has reasonable grounds for believing that such person is about to be subjected to discrimination in violation of section 303. Nothing in this section shall require a person with a disability to engage in a futile gesture if such person has actual notice that a person or organization covered by this title does not intend to comply with its provisions. (B) Barriers to access to existing public accommodations A civil action under section 302 or 303 based on the failure to remove an architectural barrier to access into an existing public accommodation may not be commenced by a person aggrieved by such failure unless— (i) that person has provided to the owner or operator of the accommodation a written notice specific enough to allow such