Always assess if the product is FERPA/COPPA Compliant especially if educators plan on utilizing an AI tool with students. Most also limit their use to 18 and over (some 13 and over) in their terms of service due to privacy and regulatory facts
Always sanitize data (remove any Personally Identifiable Information/PII and FERPA information, banking/financial information etc.) before submission to any AI products
Never submit student pictures to AI products that have not been approved by parents
Never link your district Google (or any accounts) to AI products without fully understanding what you are sharing from your account (for instance the free/personal/NON Educational version of Google Gemini can suck in your emails and google docs into its public learning model and also has human reviewers that can review your submitted questions and data for enhancing their AI model. Other products can have similar privacy considerations)
FERPA: https://www2.ed.gov/ferpa
COPPA (limits data collection for kids under 13 and other restrictions): https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/rules/childrens-online-privacy-protection-rule-coppa
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Coordination of AI Tools

It is recommended that district educators and admin coordinate which AI tools are in use

Google Gemini Facts and Considerations

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