North Carolina
11%
3/28
AI Gap Index
1/10
Schools
0/8
Workforce
1/6
Governance
1/4
Access
Schools 1/10
D1 AI literacy curriculum exists in schools 0
D2 Curriculum is binding law or mandate 0
D3 Ethics component included in curriculum 0
D4 Teacher training mandated and funded before rollout 1 NC DPI runs a free recurring AI educator webinar series (2-3x/month), providing publicly funded teacher professional development under EO24.
D5 Dedicated funding attached to the requirement 0
Workforce 0/8
D6 Employers legally required to train all employees 0
D7 Training must cover ethics and critical evaluation 0
D8 Pre-redundancy training obligation exists 0
D9 Workers have rights when AI used in employment decisions 0
Civil Service & Governance 1/6
D10 Civil servants working with AI must receive training 1 Executive Order 24 (Sept 2025) creates an AI Leadership Council and AI Accelerator at the Dept of Information Technology; the Council is advisory, reporting to the Governor with deliverables due June 2026.
D11 Minimum training standard is defined 0
D12 Enforcement mechanism exists with named authority 0
Public Access 1/4
D13 Free or publicly funded AI literacy resources available 1 EO 24 directs the Council to develop a statewide public AI literacy strategy; programme is in development, not yet operational.
D14 Digital infrastructure support for schools and institutions 0
Index history
May 10, 2026 3/28 NC DPI AI educator webinar series launched; dim 4 updated to reflect government-funded teacher AI professional development.
April 2, 2026 2/28 Initial scoring: EO 24 filed; dim10=1 (AI Council advisory); dim13=1 (public AI literacy strategy directed, in development).