The capital's education authority has published its first detailed grid, in three colours, for the year 2026-2027. Administrative practices come and go, but decisions on students do not.
The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) has released its first detailed grid for the 2026-2027 school year governing the use of artificial intelligence in public and contract schools in Washington D.C. The document, which is non-binding, serves as a model for schools and is based on a three-color classification, designed by Antoinette Mitchell: prohibited uses, uses to be handled with care, authorized uses.
The prohibition column refers to decisions that directly engage a student or teacher: grading of assignments, disciplinary decisions, development of individualized educational programs for students with disabilities, evaluation of teacher performance, physical surveillance by AI, and more broadly any use compromising the safety or privacy of students.
The preparation of teaching sequences, the management of timetables, the analysis of attendance and evaluation data, the writing of messages to parents, as well as the monitoring of digital activity on school devices remain authorized, under human supervision. Teachers can only use platforms validated by their district. Two continuing education courses accompany the text. The context explains the urgency: an OSSE-Mathematica survey of February 2026 showed that only 45% of the capital's districts had an AI policy for their staff, and 34% for their students.
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