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AI & Emerging Technology


1. AI Is Becoming Part of Everyday Operations

35% use AI for personalized learning

26% use AI to identify at-risk students

22% use AI for one-to-one tutoring

AI is no longer experimental in K-12. It’s embedded in routine workflows.

2. Interest in AI Far Exceeds Current Use

>50% of school finance leaders would like to use AI for budget monitoring and variance detection

<15% say they would not consider using AI

Districts show broad openness to AI, even where adoption remains limited.

3. AI Adoption Aligns with Operational Strain

Districts already using AI report:

  • Higher chronic absenteeism
  • Lower teacher retention

AI use appears most common where districts are responding to greater workload and capacity pressure, not where conditions are already stable.