The District AI Playbook, Book 2 — Policy, Platforms & Rollout for the Deadline Era

Ohio required every district to adopt an AI policy by July 1, 2026. Maryland's deadline hits this fall. Michigan issued guidance in May. And on July 14, free AI agents landed in your teachers' hands, tools your district never procured and cannot see. Book 2 of The Agentic Classroom is the playbook for the leaders those deadlines land on: the policy, the platform decisions, and the rollout, in ninety days, with the templates included.

What's inside

• The Book (19 pages, PDF): the deadline era with every mandate cited; policy that survives contact (tiered by lane, not by product name); the 8-row platform evaluation grid; the DPA checklist without a law degree; the rollout sequence that avoids the mistakes superintendents self-report; PD by role; the incident playbook; board and parent communication; and the 90-day compliance calendar.
• The District AI Policy & Governance Pack (editable Word): six artifacts ready to fill: the annotated 10-section policy skeleton, the evaluation grid, the DPA checklist, the approved-tools one-pager, the transparency-page template, and the 4-slide board deck outline.
• The Platform Evaluation Grid (printable PDF): the eight rows that turn "FERPA-compliant" marketing into an actual lane verdict, formatted for committee meetings.

Questions this book answers

Our state gave us a deadline for an AI policy. Where do we start?

With the current-use audit (amnesty included), then the policy skeleton drafted against your state's model components. The whole job decomposes into five artifacts: policy, approved-tools list with its grid, DPAs, PD plan, incident process. The 90-day calendar sequences all five with owners and dates.

Teachers are already using free AI tools we never approved. Now what?

Govern reality: a lane framework that covers consumer tools, verified-educator tiers, and contracted platforms means every tool your audit surfaces slots into a rule on day one, without naming products that will churn by October. Bans do not stop use; they stop disclosed use, which is the only kind you can govern.

How do we evaluate these AI platforms without a legal team?

Eight rows: data reach, write power, retention and training use, audit visibility, admin controls, DPA willingness, exit path, lane verdict. Then the DPA checklist tells you the seven clauses that matter, so you bring board counsel a marked-up draft instead of a blank page.

Is this legal advice?

No. It is the preparation that makes your time with counsel cheap and your compliance real: FERPA, IDEA, your state statute, and your board govern, and this book tells you exactly which questions to bring them.

Book 2 of 3. Book 1 (for your teachers): The Agentic Classroom. Book 3: Student Data in the Agent Era. Every mandate and statistic cited to a named, dated source. Instant digital download. District-wide licenses: info@dcadditivepros.com