AI Governance is Student Safety: Protecting Learners in the Digital Age
SESSION DATES & TIMES COMING IN AUGUST 2026
Audience Classification: Digital Learning Audience Expertise: All Levels - This session is intentionally designed to engage and provide value across experience levels-from beginners to seasoned leaders. Grade Level Focus: Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools Does this session focus on a specific product? Yes – Created by our organization – The session includes content about a product or service that our organization has developed or offers.
Founder/Principal AI Governance Group Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Abstract Description : AI adoption in K–12 is accelerating faster than policy or practice, leaving districts vulnerable to risks they can’t always see. From “shadow AI” use by staff and students, to gaps in vendor governance, the real stakes aren’t compliance violations—they’re student safety and community trust. This contributed talk will reframe AI governance as a safety-first framework, not a bureaucratic burden. Drawing on the AI Governance Group’s experience with districts and vendors in the U.S. and abroad, participants will learn how to identify hidden risks, avoid common pitfalls that compromise student data, and implement simple, board-ready guardrails. Attendees will leave with three practical tools: (1) a student safety AI checklist, (2) language to communicate safety to various stakeholder groups, and (3) a roadmap to begin AI literacy with students, staff, families.
Learning Objectives:
Identify hidden AI risks that compromise student safety.
Apply a simple AI safety checklist and stakeholder-ready language in their own districts.
