North Carolina
CurrentNCDPI Generative AI Implementation Recommendations and Considerations for PK-13 Public Schools
NCDPI encourages local AI guidelines and responsible use, including evaluation, factual verification, editing, revision and transparency. The guidance discusses academic integrity and student-data protection.
- Jurisdiction
- North Carolina · State / DC
- Policy status
- Guidance current
- Implementation phase
- Current
- Requirement
- Recommended
- Grades
- All K-12
- Audience
- Multiple
- Learning evidence
- No student-learning claim
- Instrument
- State education agency guidance
Dates & implementation
Adopted / approved
Jan 16, 2024
Legal start
Jan 16, 2024
Guidance released January 16, 2024; district-specific accompanying guidelines are encouraged rather than mandated by this document.
A legal effective date can precede school implementation. This record documents policy intent or requirements; it does not independently confirm delivery in every classroom.
Funding & support
Funding details not confirmed
Dedicated funding and current award availability are not established in this collection. This does not mean no funding exists.
Evidence & source location
NCDPI release January 16, 2024, recommendations and EVERY framework.
The state guidance encourages local implementation rather than imposing a single binding district AI-use policy.
Review history
Reviewed against official sources
Source availability checked Oct 4, 2026: Source reopened. This is separate from verification of the policy claim below.
Source review date recorded in database: 2026-10-04
2026-10-03 — Carried forward from the source-linked baseline; topic, grade and evidence-type inventory reviewed. Individual source was not re-opened in this update. 2026-10-04 — Substantive source review: NCDPI January 16, 2024 release read; voluntary district-specific guidelines and output verification/transparency confirmed.
Record ID: NC-2024-AIGOV-001
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