About this tracker

Methodology

• Official sources only. Every entry links to the issuing agency, legislature, or district's own page or document. Press coverage can prompt research but is never the source of record.
• Each state on its own terms. States publish in different formats (guidance, model policy, law, board rule). We clean each state's data from its own source formats and document the method in that state's "Method" note.
• Flagged, not normalized. When something can't be verified (a missing file link, an undated document, a proposal), we flag it in amber and explain why instead of forcing it into a category.

Refresh cadence

• State entries: re-checked weekly.
• Districts: 6 new states researched per week, largest districts first.
• Flagged rows: re-checked monthly.

Status legend

States

• official guidance issued
• policy or law
• in development
• none found

Districts

• Has AI policy/guidance
• Flagged / in progress
• None found
• Not yet researched

Download data (CSV)

• Download data (CSV): all 50 states + DC
• Download data (CSV): CA districts

License: Free to use with attribution to AI Policy Tracker; verify against official sources; not legal advice.

Data dictionary (states.csv)

• state, code: state name and postal code.
• status: AI guidance status (official guidance issued, policy or law, in development, none found).
• title, issuing_agency, source_url, publication_date: the official AI guidance source.
• last_verified: date we last checked the source. needs_review, review_reason: amber flag and why.
• source_type, method_note: document type and how this state was cleaned.
• privacy_law_name, privacy_law_citation, privacy_law_url: state student data privacy law and its official text.
• vendor_guidance_summary, vendor_guidance_url: vendor / AI tool vetting guidance ("Not yet researched" if blank).
• privacy_verified_date, privacy_flag, privacy_method_note: privacy verification date, flag and method.

District CSVs list each researched district's policy title, publisher, official source URL, adoption/update date, retrieval date, document type and flag.

Not legal advice

The K-12 AI Policy Tracker is provided for general information only and is not legal advice. Summaries may be incomplete or out of date, and policies change. Always read the official source and consult your district's legal counsel before adopting, revising, or relying on any policy. Use of this site does not create an attorney-client or consulting relationship.

Report a correction

See something wrong or out of date? Report a correction (ai-policy-tracker@agentmail.to). Please include the official source link.

Consulting

Need help adopting a policy? Work with AgenticEd. Contact matt@matthewrhoads.com.