Talbot County MD school board AI policy (2026)

Talbot County, Md. (Easton) — DISTRICTWIDE AI POLICY passed by the BOARD OF EDUCATION. 'DISTRICTWIDE' IS THE OPERATIVE QUALIFIER: a board-adopted policy binding every school differs materially from school-level guidance, which is discretionary and unevenly applied. THE POLICY'S CONTENTS ARE NOT REPORTED — no permitted-use rule, academic-integrity provision, data-handling restriction, parental-notification or consent requirement, teacher-training obligation or approved-tool list is known. `strength: limited` and no provision may be cited. THE BENCHMARK TO MEASURE IT AGAINST, ADOPTED IN THE SAME PERIOD: Florida State Board of Education AI rules, K-12 and state colleges (2026) records the Florida State Board of Education unanimously adopting rules requiring EVERY DISTRICT to develop local policies on which AI tools may be used and how, requiring PARENTAL NOTIFICATION when AI instructional tools are approved, and requiring PARENTAL PERMISSION BEFORE A CHILD DIRECTLY INTERACTS WITH THEM. THAT OPT-IN CONSENT GATE IS THE STRONGEST PROVISION IN ANY EDUCATION AI MEASURE INDEXED HERE, and materially exceeds the notice-and-guidance posture typical of district policies. WHETHER TALBOT COUNTY'S POLICY CONTAINS ANYTHING COMPARABLE IS UNKNOWN. DISTRICT COHORT: Brevard Public Schools FL AI policy 7540.08 (2026), Wakulla County FL schools AI policy (2026), Wake County NC Public School System, Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Oakland Unified School District, Board Policy 2130 (Emerging Technologies) and HCPS Artificial…, fl-school-district-broward-county-public-schools-..., fl-school-district-miami-dade-county-public-schools-..., plus Tucson Unified and Cadillac Area Public Schools in this wave. MARYLAND NOTE: Talbot County is the same county whose seat, Easton, is deferred elsewhere in this dataset as 'to draft' a one-year data center moratorium — an unrelated matter before a different body.