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Senators Richard Blumenthal and Josh Hawley sent Google parent Alphabet ($GOOGL) a letter demanding answers about its "aggressive push" of AI tools like Gemini into K‑12 classrooms, including why AI features default to on for student devices, and set a November 2nd deadline to respond.
Klein Independent School District in Texas confirmed it is the latest district caught in the Frontline Education vendor breach, which may have exposed Social Security numbers and other data for 38,000 people after attackers exploited a third-party vulnerability.
Clover School District in South Carolina began blocking student access to AI tools today, allowing only the SchoolAI platform while it builds out responsible-use expectations.
E-Rate's annual administrative window opened today, giving coordinators until early 2027 to update student counts and library square footage before applicant profiles lock for the funding cycle.
Also: a correction on last week's Arbor MIS story — Arbor says there's no evidence any platform vulnerability caused the UK data export.
Stories & links:
"Senators Press Google Over AI in Classrooms" — link
"Frontline Breach Reaches Klein ISD, Texas" — link
"Clover Schools Block AI Tools, Keep SchoolAI" — link
"E-Rate's Administrative Window Opens" — link
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