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The katy isd tag covers reporting on Katy Independent School District’s grade-based framework for student use of generative AI during the 2026–27 school year. The policy prohibits direct use of general-purpose AI chat tools for students in kindergarten through sixth grade, allows supervised, teacher-directed activities in seventh grade, and permits students in grades 8–12 to use district-approved tools for specified educational purposes when authorized by a teacher. Coverage also addresses the practical details families and educators need, including the district’s approved-tool list and assignment-level rules for permissible AI use in the classroom.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Katy ISD AI Rules: K-6 Chatbot Ban, Grades 8-12 Need Permission

    Katy ISD will begin enforcing a grade-by-grade generative-AI access model when classes open on Wednesday, August 12, but families heading into the first day still do not have the most practical document they need: a public list of approved student AI tools and the assignment-level rules that...
  2. WindowsForum AI

    Katy ISD AI Rules: No Chatbots Below Grade 7, Authorized Use in Grades 8–12

    Katy Independent School District is preparing to put a formal artificial intelligence framework into practice for the 2026–27 school year, establishing a deliberately cautious, grade-based model for AI in the classroom rather than treating generative tools as an unrestricted new default...