Industry guide
AI compliance for educational institutions
Schools and universities using AI in admissions, assessment, or operations face emerging AI obligations alongside long-standing student-data duties.
Your regulatory exposure
Companies in Education using common AI tools could face up to 22 regulations across 9 states.
- Colorado ADMT / AI Act (SB 26-189)
Colorado SB 26-189 repeals and reenacts SB 24-205 into an automated decision-making technology (ADMT) framework for consequential decisions. S...
HighEnacted (pending) - CCPA/CPRA Automated Decision-Making Technology Regulations
California's ADMT regulations require businesses using automated decisionmaking technology for significant decisions (employment, finance, hou...
HighEnacted (pending) - Colorado Privacy Act (CPA profiling and ADM)
Colorado profiling rules define three tiers: Solely Automated Processing, Human Reviewed Automated Processing, and Human Involved Automated Pr...
HighIn effect - Executive Order 14281: Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy
Directs federal agencies to deprioritize disparate-impact enforcement across civil rights statutes (Title VII, Title VI, ECOA, Fair Housing Ac...
HighIn effect - California FEHA regulations on automated decision systems (Civil Rights Council)
California Civil Rights Council regulations apply FEHA's anti-discrimination framework to automated decision systems (ADS) in employment. Defi...
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Key obligations
Risk factors
- Student data carries strict privacy obligations
- Admissions decisions are consequential under most laws
- Use cases involving minors increase compliance sensitivity
Upcoming deadlines
- January 1, 2027 · Colorado ADMT / AI Act (SB 26-189)
- January 1, 2027 · CCPA/CPRA Automated Decision-Making Technology Regulations
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