What does ED OCR's AI guidance require schools to check for?

The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights guidance frames AI through existing civil-rights law — schools must ensure AI tools do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin (Title VI), sex (Title IX), or disability (§504/ADA),…

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The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights guidance frames AI through existing civil-rights law — schools must ensure AI tools do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin (Title VI), sex (Title IX), or disability (§504/ADA), which means checking for discriminatory impact and maintaining oversight. It is an application of nondiscrimination duties, not a new technical standard. Planisphere measures model behaviour across protected cohorts to support that check; it does not render the civil-rights determination or give legal advice.

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OCR AI Guidance protects students — their records, their civil rights, their access. When an AI sits in an eligibility, …

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