{
  "title": "Edictai records: North Carolina",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "jurisdiction": "us-nc",
  "name": "North Carolina",
  "records": [
    {
      "id": "us-nc-dpi-generative-ai-recommendations",
      "record_type": "document",
      "classification": "guidance",
      "identifier": "",
      "title": "North Carolina Generative AI Implementation Recommendations and Considerations for PK-13 Public Schools",
      "status": "current",
      "date": "2026-08-06",
      "issuer": "us-nc-k12-agency",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "academic-integrity",
        "ai-literacy",
        "educator-training",
        "instructional-use",
        "procurement",
        "safety-wellbeing",
        "student-privacy",
        "synthetic-media"
      ],
      "provision_types": [],
      "summary": "North Carolina Department of Public Instruction recommendations for responsible use of generative AI and AI literacy in public schools, organized around the five focus areas of the state Digital Learning Plan (leadership and vision, human capacity, curriculum and instruction, data privacy and cybersecurity, and technology infrastructure). It is a living document, first published January 16, 2024 and revised repeatedly since, with additions such as the EVERY responsible-use framework, tool evaluation resources, and guidance on deepfakes and AI social companions.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/nc/#us-nc-dpi-generative-ai-recommendations"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-nc-2025-2026-h-1161",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "H 1161",
      "title": "Omnibus Artificial Intelligence Protections",
      "status": "in-committee",
      "date": "2026-04-30",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12",
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "academic-integrity",
        "ai-literacy",
        "curriculum-standards",
        "funding",
        "instructional-use",
        "local-policy-requirement"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "academic-integrity-rules",
        "limits-ai-instructional-use",
        "requires-ai-literacy-instruction",
        "requires-local-ai-policy"
      ],
      "summary": "Authorizes local boards of education and other public school units to adopt policies on student AI use, including blocking AI tools and disciplining unauthorized use, with exceptions for teacher-authorized or IEP/504 use. Creates a middle school course covering proper uses of AI and identifying AI-generated content, with $500,000 for implementation, and requires universities and community colleges to develop standards for classroom AI use and discipline for misuse.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/nc/#us-nc-2025-2026-h-1161"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-nc-2025-2026-s-1006",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "S 1006",
      "title": "K-12 Innovation and Transformation Act",
      "status": "in-committee",
      "date": "2026-04-30",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12",
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "assessment",
        "funding",
        "instructional-use",
        "task-force",
        "workforce"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "appropriates-funding",
        "creates-task-force",
        "ai-workforce-program"
      ],
      "summary": "Funds and changes K-12 education programs, including an AI Academic Support Program letting public school units contract for the AI tool Khanmigo in grades 6-12 and a project in which Wake County schools and Wake Tech use Khanmigo for college math courses. Creates a High School Redesign Commission that must consider AI uses for career exploration, defines high-tech learning accelerators including AI, and lists AI learning tools in a competency-based education grant objective.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/nc/#us-nc-2025-2026-s-1006"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-nc-2025-2026-s-963",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "S 963",
      "title": "AI Chatbots-Licensing, Safety, & Privacy",
      "status": "introduced",
      "date": "2026-04-30",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12",
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "data-governance",
        "safety-wellbeing",
        "student-privacy"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "restricts-student-data-use"
      ],
      "summary": "Creates chatbot licensing, safety and privacy requirements for covered platforms, including de-identification of conversation data and encryption. Applies a 30-day message destruction requirement to chatbots employed in fields that include education.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/nc/#us-nc-2025-2026-s-963"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-nc-2025-2026-s-981",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "S 981",
      "title": "AI in Ed Task Force and Standards",
      "status": "in-committee",
      "date": "2026-04-30",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ai-literacy",
        "curriculum-standards",
        "educator-training",
        "funding",
        "task-force"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "creates-task-force",
        "ai-in-standards",
        "educator-pd-requirement"
      ],
      "summary": "Establishes an Artificial Intelligence in Education Task Force to review laws on AI in educational contexts, recommend best practices for AI in schools and consider funding, reporting to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by March 2028. Requires the State Board of Education to adopt K-12 AI instruction standards and, to the extent funded, Department of Public Instruction professional development on AI, with a $250,000 appropriation.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/nc/#us-nc-2025-2026-s-981"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-nc-2025-2026-s-864",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "S 864",
      "title": "Safe and Responsible AI in Schools Act",
      "status": "in-committee",
      "date": "2026-04-28",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "academic-integrity",
        "ai-literacy",
        "curriculum-standards",
        "educator-training",
        "funding",
        "local-policy-requirement",
        "procurement",
        "student-privacy"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "ai-in-standards",
        "issues-model-policy",
        "requires-local-ai-policy",
        "educator-pd-requirement"
      ],
      "summary": "Requires the State Board of Education to adopt K-12 AI literacy standards included in computer science courses and to revise the computer science course of study. Requires the Department of Public Instruction to develop a model AI policy and local boards and other public school units to adopt AI use policies, establishes a framework for evaluating AI educational tools, and funds AI training modules for educators and administrators through the Friday Institute.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/nc/#us-nc-2025-2026-s-864"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-nc-2025-2026-s-787",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "S 787",
      "title": "AI Ethics and Literacy Across Education",
      "status": "in-committee",
      "date": "2026-04-21",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ai-literacy",
        "curriculum-standards",
        "funding"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "ai-in-standards",
        "appropriates-funding"
      ],
      "summary": "Requires the State Board of Education to adopt standards for age-appropriate AI instruction for kindergarten through grade 12, covering AI concepts, real-world applications, economic, legal and social issues, and responsible, ethical use. Appropriates $100,000 in recurring funds to the Department of Public Instruction to support schools providing the instruction.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/nc/#us-nc-2025-2026-s-787"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-nc-eo-24",
      "record_type": "executive-action",
      "classification": "executive-order",
      "identifier": "Executive Order No. 24",
      "title": "Advancing Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence That Benefits All North Carolinians",
      "status": "active",
      "date": "2025-09-02",
      "issuer": "us-nc-governor",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12",
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ai-literacy",
        "task-force",
        "workforce"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "creates-task-force"
      ],
      "summary": "Governor Josh Stein created the North Carolina AI Leadership Council, whose members include higher education representatives and a K-12 education representative, and an AI Accelerator within the Department of Information Technology to coordinate state AI governance, pilots, and training. The order calls for a statewide AI literacy strategy and public AI literacy trainings developed with partners including the Department of Public Instruction. It remains in effect until December 31, 2028 unless rescinded.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/nc/#us-nc-eo-24"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-nc-2025-2026-h-1004",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "H 1004",
      "title": "UNC AI & Technology Hubs",
      "status": "in-committee",
      "date": "2025-04-10",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "funding",
        "research",
        "workforce"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "appropriates-funding"
      ],
      "summary": "Appropriates funds to establish AI Hubs at up to eight UNC constituent institutions and technology hubs at each institution for innovation, workforce upskilling, entrepreneurship and manufacturing. Creates a $30 million NC Collaboratory grant fund for AI research projects, with education listed as a priority area for applied AI research.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/nc/#us-nc-2025-2026-h-1004"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-nc-2025-2026-s-579",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "S 579",
      "title": "Transforming the High School Experience",
      "status": "in-committee",
      "date": "2025-03-25",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12",
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "instructional-use",
        "task-force",
        "workforce"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "creates-task-force",
        "appropriates-funding",
        "ai-workforce-program"
      ],
      "summary": "Establishes a North Carolina High School Redesign Commission that must consider uses of artificial intelligence to expand student career exploration and work-based learning. Creates a Lighthouse Math Project in which Wake County schools and Wake Technical Community College contract for the Khanmigo AI tutoring program and develop Khanmigo-centered college math courses for high school students.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/nc/#us-nc-2025-2026-s-579"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-nc-2025-2026-s-619",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "S 619",
      "title": "AI Academic Support Grant Program",
      "status": "introduced",
      "date": "2025-03-25",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "educator-training",
        "funding",
        "instructional-use",
        "research"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "appropriates-funding",
        "creates-task-force"
      ],
      "summary": "Establishes a program allowing public school units to contract with Khan Academy for the AI tool Khanmigo in grades 6-12, funded by average daily membership, with professional development, rostering requirements and annual evaluations. Directs a Collaboratory study of Khanmigo's effectiveness, licenses for juvenile justice schools, and annual reports, and states intent to appropriate about $10.06 million.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/nc/#us-nc-2025-2026-s-619"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-nc-2025-2026-s-624",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "S 624",
      "title": "AI Chatbots - Licensing/Safety/Privacy",
      "status": "in-committee",
      "date": "2025-03-25",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12",
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "data-governance",
        "safety-wellbeing",
        "student-privacy"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "restricts-student-data-use"
      ],
      "summary": "Creates chatbot licensing, safety and privacy requirements for covered platforms, including de-identification of conversation data and encryption. Applies a 30-day message destruction requirement to chatbots employed in fields that include education.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/nc/#us-nc-2025-2026-s-624"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-nc-2025-2026-s-640",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "S 640",
      "title": "AI Ethics and Literacy Across Education",
      "status": "in-committee",
      "date": "2025-03-25",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ai-literacy",
        "curriculum-standards"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "ai-in-standards",
        "requires-ai-literacy-instruction"
      ],
      "summary": "Requires the State Board of Education to adopt standards for age-appropriate AI instruction for kindergarten through grade 12, covering AI concepts, real-world applications, economic, legal and social issues, and responsible, ethical use including privacy and academic dishonesty. Allows the instruction to be included in middle and high school computer science standards.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/nc/#us-nc-2025-2026-s-640"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-nc-2025-2026-s-257",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "S 257",
      "title": "2026 Appropriations Act",
      "status": "enacted",
      "date": "2025-03-10",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12",
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "academic-integrity",
        "ai-literacy",
        "curriculum-standards",
        "educator-training",
        "funding",
        "instructional-use",
        "local-policy-requirement",
        "student-privacy"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "ai-in-standards",
        "issues-model-policy",
        "appropriates-funding",
        "educator-pd-requirement"
      ],
      "summary": "The Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2026 funds AI programs letting public school units buy Khanmigo and MagicSchool licenses for grades 6-12 and a Wake County-Wake Tech math project using Khanmigo. It requires K-12 AI literacy standards in the computer science course of study, a Department of Public Instruction model AI policy, local AI policies, and AI training modules for educators.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/nc/#us-nc-2025-2026-s-257"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-nc-2025-2026-h-301",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "H 301",
      "title": "Social Media & AI Safety",
      "status": "failed",
      "date": "2025-03-05",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "academic-integrity",
        "ai-literacy",
        "curriculum-standards",
        "educator-training",
        "local-policy-requirement",
        "safety-wellbeing",
        "student-privacy"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "ai-in-standards",
        "issues-model-policy",
        "requires-local-ai-policy",
        "educator-pd-requirement"
      ],
      "summary": "Provides social media protections for children under 16 and requires the State Board of Education to adopt K-12 AI literacy standards included in computer science courses. Requires the Department of Public Instruction to adopt a model AI policy, requires local boards to adopt AI use policies, calls for a framework for evaluating generative AI educational tools, and directs AI training modules for educators and administrators developed with the Friday Institute.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/nc/#us-nc-2025-2026-h-301"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-nc-2025-2026-h-268",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "H 268",
      "title": "2026 Budget Technical Corrections - II",
      "status": "enacted",
      "date": "2025-03-03",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "educator-training",
        "funding",
        "task-force",
        "workforce"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "creates-task-force",
        "educator-pd-requirement"
      ],
      "summary": "Makes technical and other changes to the 2026 budget, including creating a North Carolina High School Redesign Commission that must consider uses of artificial intelligence to expand student career exploration and work-based learning. Also allows the Friday Institute to carry forward nonrecurring funds for AI professional development modules.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/nc/#us-nc-2025-2026-h-268"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-nc-2023-2024-s-382",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "S 382",
      "title": "Disaster Relief-3/Budget/Various Law Changes",
      "status": "enacted",
      "date": "2023-03-28",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "funding",
        "procurement",
        "safety-wellbeing"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "appropriates-funding",
        "procurement-standards"
      ],
      "summary": "Among budget and law changes, amends the AI School Safety Pilot Program to fund New Hanover and Davidson County Schools for a 2024-2025 school safety system integrating AI with cameras, video management and alerting protocols. Specifies required capabilities including facial recognition, requires both districts to use the same vendor, and moves reporting to the Center for Safer Schools.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/nc/#us-nc-2023-2024-s-382"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-nc-2023-2024-h-259",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "H 259",
      "title": "2023 Appropriations Act",
      "status": "enacted",
      "date": "2023-03-02",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "funding",
        "safety-wellbeing"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "appropriates-funding"
      ],
      "summary": "The 2023 Current Operations Appropriations Act includes a provision directing the Department of Public Instruction to allocate $3.2 million to New Hanover County Schools and $2 million to Davidson County Schools for an AI School Safety Pilot Program integrating AI technology into school safety systems, with a report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/nc/#us-nc-2023-2024-h-259"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-nc-2023-2024-h-263",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "H 263",
      "title": "2024 Appropriations Act",
      "status": "passed-chamber",
      "date": "2023-03-02",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "funding",
        "safety-wellbeing"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "appropriates-funding"
      ],
      "summary": "The 2024 Appropriations Act modifies the 2023 budget, including the AI School Safety Pilot Program provision that directs $3.2 million to New Hanover County Schools and $2 million to Davidson County Schools for school safety systems integrating AI technology, with reporting coordinated through the Center for Safer Schools.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/nc/#us-nc-2023-2024-h-263"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-nc-2023-2024-h-97",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "H 97",
      "title": "Various Education Changes",
      "status": "passed-legislature",
      "date": "2023-02-13",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "funding",
        "procurement",
        "safety-wellbeing"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "appropriates-funding",
        "procurement-standards"
      ],
      "summary": "Amends the AI School Safety Pilot Program so that New Hanover and Davidson County Schools contract with a named vendor for a school safety system integrating AI with cameras, video management and alerting protocols. Requires the system to offer capabilities including threatening object detection, intruder detection, facial recognition and license plate reading.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/nc/#us-nc-2023-2024-h-97"
    }
  ]
}