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Santa Fe approved a cybersecurity policy but deferred its student-data policy. The deferred draft proposed prohibiting vendor model training, advertising, and data monetization; requiring 24-hour breach notification; and demanding independent efficacy…
Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion and limit teen Facebook and Instagram use, including daily limits, overnight restrictions, and reduced school-hours notifications. Claims included children’s data being used for generative AI training.
EDSAFE AI selected ten organizations for $250,000 in grants and technical assistance. Norwalk Public Schools received $23,000 to address privacy, procurement, academic integrity, staff literacy, and parent engagement.
On September 9, Microsoft, the AFT and UFT announced a standard that districts can incorporate into Microsoft customer agreements. It prohibits using student or educator data to train AI, selling or repurposing that data, student tracking and unsupervised…
Governor Newsom signed a 13-bill child-technology package on September 10. It includes independent safety assessments and parental controls for companion chatbots, restrictions on addictive feeds for children, and stronger pupil-data protections. AB 1159…
State dispute-resolution agencies report receiving lengthy filings containing incorrect IDEA interpretations, erroneous filing requirements and hallucinated case law. Evidence linking AI to overall complaint growth remains anecdotal. Separately, written state…
Mathspace disclosed that attackers exploited an unpatched vulnerability in its self-hosted Metabase reporting environment. The flaw was patched by Metabase on August 6; unauthorized access began August 10, while Mathspace updated its instance August 29.…