AI Security for Local Government & Schools
Adopt AI in a way you can explain at a public meeting.
Local Government & Schools
Public Trust Built Into Every AI Decision
Towns, counties, special districts and school districts are being offered AI in almost every system they buy, and staff are already using it to draft letters, summarize meetings and answer residents and parents. Public bodies hold resident, student and law enforcement data, answer to the public for every decision, and work under records laws that private businesses do not. We help you adopt AI in a way you can explain at a public meeting.
Policies, reviews and records plans that fit FERPA, public records law and your board.
For Local Government & Schools
Risks, Rules and How We Help
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Where AI risk shows up in local government and schools
- Staff using personal AI accounts for public business, putting resident or student information in tools the organization does not control.
- Classroom and administrative AI tools adopted by individual teachers or departments without a privacy review.
- Resident- and parent-facing chatbots that can give wrong answers about services, deadlines or eligibility, or reveal information they should not.
- AI in procurement: vendors adding AI features to existing contracts without a clear answer on where the data goes.
The rules your AI use touches
- FERPA: student education records may be shared with an AI vendor without consent only under narrow conditions, such as the school official exception, which requires the district to keep direct control over how the vendor uses the data.
- COPPA: online services that collect information from children under 13 have additional obligations, which matter for classroom AI tools.
- Public records: prompts, outputs and AI-drafted documents created in the course of public business may be public records under the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act and similar laws, so retention and disclosure need a plan.
- Breach notification: South Carolina's data breach notification law applies when personal information is exposed, whatever tool exposed it.
- CJIS: criminal justice information handled by police and courts is governed by the FBI CJIS Security Policy, which most general-purpose AI tools do not meet.
How we help
- An AI Governance Program with an AI use policy written for public employees, a review process for new tools, and a briefing for your council or board.
- An AI Risk & Exposure Assessment of the AI already in use across departments or schools.
- AI Red Team Testing of resident- and parent-facing chatbots before they go live.
Get Started
Start With a Scoping Call
Thirty minutes, by video or on-site. We will talk through how your business uses AI today and where customer data goes, and you will leave with a written scope and quote. Nothing is tested and no data is shared until a written agreement is signed.
