New AI Guidance is Coming to Virginia Classrooms. Is Your Division Ready?

Virginia’s new AI education pilot law is now in effect. We help school divisions understand the Division-Managed AIS Platform requirements and what to do next.

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AI Compliance for Virginia Educators

Virginia’s AI compliance landscape is fragmented across agencies, current standards, and existing contracts. We help guide Administrators, IT Admins, and Educators to what’s required in plain language, no legal degree needed.

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Virginia AI Education Resources

Most documents, guidelines, and references you need in one place. Law text, VDOE guidance, compliance frameworks, and procurement signals. Organized so you can find what matters fast.

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With 30 years in the Systems/Network space, OSHA compliance standards work, AI systems design, and hands-on building of local systems, Strategic AI Link (SAIL) is uniquely positioned to meet the advisory needs of Virginia educational partners during this time of policy creation.

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Virginia Educational AI Watch ~ Latest News


  • Millions of students’ personal data stolen in major education breach

    275 million student records. One vendor. One breach. This is why Division-Managed AI environments are not optional – they are the only architecture that keeps your data from ending up on a leak site According to Malwarebytes the security firm, Instructure, the company behind the Canvas learning management system (LMS), confirmed a cyber incident and…

  • The Data Problem Nobody Is Solving Yet

    The education sector now outpaces both healthcare and government as a target for data security threats. In one recent year, ransomware attacks on K-12 districts more than doubled — with data stolen from nearly 1,900 schools. NEA The new Division-Managed AIS laws require Virginia school divisions to sign vendor agreements prohibiting student data from being…

  • Start With the 20%: A Practical Data Strategy for AI Readiness

    Before any school division deploys local AI in a meaningful way, the data question has to be answered. Not all of it at once. Just the part that matters most first. Roughly 20% of a typical division’s data is personal and sensitive. Student records, IEPs, disciplinary files, personnel, health information. This is the data that…

Catch up on all the news ~ Virginia Educational AI Watch


How can we help you?

Virginia’s AI education requirements are new, moving fast, and not always easy to interpret. We’re here to help school divisions, administrators, and educators understand what the law requires and build the frameworks to meet it.