Bringing ChatGPT for Teachers to more U.S. school districts

When we introduced ChatGPT for Teachers in 2025 to nearly 150,000 teachers and staff, our goal was to give educators a secure place to explore AI, understand where it is useful, and help shape how it should be used in education. Today, we are expanding this work to 55 additional school systems across 20 states, bringing ChatGPT for Teachers to over 100,000 more educators and staff.

The new cohort of district partnerships includes 1 in 5 of America’s 20 largest public school districts and some of the country’s most diverse school systems. With this new cohort, OpenAI is now working with more than 100 K–12 organizations across 30 states to provide free access and training to over 300,000 educators and staff.

Alongside this, we’re also announcing a data privacy agreement spanning 16 states, a first for the industry, that provides a common framework for districts to evaluate ChatGPT for Teachers against their student data privacy requirements, helping make responsible AI adoption simpler and more consistent across school systems.

Our work continues to be guided by the belief that AI should support learning, not shortcut it, and educators should remain in control of how AI shapes classroom experiences. In this spirit, ChatGPT for Teachers continues to be available to administrators, faculty, and educators only. ChatGPT for Teachers remains a free tool for verified U.S. K–12 educators through June 2028.

Building trust into district adoption

For school systems, responsible AI adoption also requires clear privacy protections and a way for district leaders to understand and manage how tools are used.

Today, our signed General Offers cover 15 states: Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington. California is also covered by a separate agreement.

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