United States
OECD
14%
4/28
AI Gap Index
1/10
Schools
1/8
Workforce
1/6
Governance
1/4
Access
Schools 1/10
D1 AI literacy curriculum exists in schools 1 134 AI education bills in 31 states (2026); six enacted; Maryland, New Jersey, Hawaii among leaders. No federal curriculum mandate. [1], [2], [3]
D2 Curriculum is binding law or mandate 0 Framework is mandatory in scope but defines no enforceable standards, curriculum, or assessment [1], [2], [3]
D3 Ethics component included in curriculum 0
D4 Teacher training mandated and funded before rollout 0 Idaho SB1227 includes teacher professional development with industry partners
D5 Dedicated funding attached to the requirement 0 Maryland allocates $1.05M FY2027 for AI education; state-level only
Workforce 1/8
D6 Employers legally required to train all employees 0 Investing in Tomorrow's Workforce Act (H.R. 7585) introduced Feb 2026 for AI workforce grants; not yet passed
D7 Training must cover ethics and critical evaluation 0
D8 Pre-redundancy training obligation exists 0
Civil Service & Governance 1/6
D10 Civil servants working with AI must receive training 1 NIST AI Safety Institute and White House OSTP have AI governance functions; advisory and standard-setting roles without enforcement mandate [1], [2], [3]
D11 Minimum training standard is defined 0
D12 Enforcement mechanism exists with named authority 0
Public Access 1/4
Subregion map
Coloured regions are scored. Grey = no data yet. Click a region to open its profile.
Sources
- 1. Education us eo ai education youth 2026-03-16
- 2. Education us dol ai literacy framework 2026-03-17
- 3. Education united states boston ai literacy high schools 2026-04-08
- 4. Education united states massachusetts ai pilot 2026-04-10
- 5. Policy us ai education state policy landscape 2026-03-16
- 6. Policy us state ai laws 2026 2026-03-16
- 7. Policy us dol ai literacy framework 2026-03-17
- 8. Policy us ai action plan workforce 2026-03-18
- 9. Policy united states ai workforce training act 2026-04-12
- 10. Policy united states doe ai literacy priority 2026-04-12
- 11. Policy united states hawaii ai literacy requirement 2026-04-12
- 12. Policy united states nsf ai education act 2026-04-12
- 13. Policy united states white house ai framework 2026-04-12
- 14. Policy united states idaho ai education partnership 2026-04-13
- 15. Policy united states investing tomorrows workforce act 2026-04-13
- 16. Policy united states maryland ai ready schools 2026-04-13
- 17. Policy united states ohio ai policy schools 2026-04-13
- 18. Policy united states ai workforce prepare act 2026-04-17
- 19. Policy united states state ai education legislative surge 2026-04-18
- 20. Policy united states lift ai act k12 2026-04-20
- 21. Sentiment goldman sachs ai entry level displacement 2026-04-20
- 22. Sentiment meta ai code mandate performance reviews 2026-04-20
- 23. Education united states ohio state ai fluency undergraduates 2026-02-11
- 24. Sentiment united states stanford hai teacher ai policy clarity 2026-04-17
Regions & states
Subregions inherit supranational obligations from their parent country but may have additional local policy. Scores reflect local policy only.
Region
Schools /10
Workforce /8
Governance /6
Access /4
Total
Mississippi
4
1
2
3
10 36%
Missouri
2
0
1
2
5 18%
Montana
2
0
1
2
5 18%
Colorado
1
2
1
0
4 14%
Illinois
1
2
1
0
4 14%
Louisiana
2
0
1
1
4 14%
Maine
2
0
1
1
4 14%
Massachusetts
2
0
0
2
4 14%
Nebraska
1
0
2
1
4 14%
Oklahoma
2
0
1
1
4 14%
Oregon
2
0
1
1
4 14%
South Carolina
2
1
1
0
4 14%
South Dakota
3
0
0
1
4 14%
Nevada
2
0
1
0
3 11%
New Hampshire
2
0
0
1
3 11%
New Mexico
2
0
1
0
3 11%
New York
0
2
1
0
3 11%
North Dakota
3
0
0
0
3 11%
Pennsylvania
2
0
0
1
3 11%
Rhode Island
1
0
1
1
3 11%
California
0
1
0
1
2 7%
Florida
1
0
0
1
2 7%
Maryland
2
0
0
0
2 7%
North Carolina
0
0
1
1
2 7%
Ohio
2
0
0
0
2 7%
Tennessee
2
0
0
0
2 7%
Texas
0
1
1
0
2 7%
Virginia
2
0
0
0
2 7%
Washington (State)
0
0
1
1
2 7%
Arizona
1
0
0
0
1 4%
Georgia (US)
1
0
0
0
1 4%
Indiana
1
0
0
0
1 4%
Michigan
1
0
0
0
1 4%
Minnesota
1
0
0
0
1 4%
New Jersey
1
0
0
0
1 4%
Index history
April 22, 2026 4/28 Scheduled refresh — all pending leads already covered in prior research; no new distinct items identified within 90-day window
April 21, 2026 4/28 Ohio State institutional AI fluency requirement (class of 2029) filed; Stanford HAI 2026 AI Index finding — only 6% of teachers say school AI policies are clear; no national-level score change
April 20, 2026 4/28 Filed LIFT AI Act (H.R.5584): bipartisan K-12 AI literacy bill reintroduced in 119th Congress. No score change; bill in committee, not enacted.
April 18, 2026 4/28 Filed state AI education legislative surge (134 bills, 31 states). Reinforces dim 1 at 1; no score change — most bills not yet enacted.
April 17, 2026 4/28 Filed AI Workforce PREPARE Act (S.3339): creates DoL AI research hub and updates WARN Act for AI layoffs. No score change: bill in committee, not enacted.
April 13, 2026 4/28 Added Maryland, Ohio, Idaho state mandates and federal workforce bill; no score changes
April 12, 2026 4/28 Filed DoE AI literacy priority, NSF AI Education Act, AI Workforce Training Act, Hawaii SB 2212, White House AI framework. All proposed or advisory; no score change until enacted.
April 10, 2026 4/28 Massachusetts launches three-phase K-12 AI education strategy with 30-district pilot
April 8, 2026 4/28 Boston Public Schools launches AI literacy curriculum, first major U.S. district; subnational voluntary, no federal score change.
March 18, 2026 4/28 Refresh: AI Action Plan (July 2025) filed; establishes DoL AI Workforce Research Hub and rapid-retraining directive; no score change — provisions are executive directives without binding employer obligations
March 17, 2026 4/28 Governance rescore: dim10=1 (NIST AISIC advisory role)
March 17, 2026 3/28 Initial scoring from research archive. 53 bills proposed in 2025; 4 enacted; 0 mandating AI literacy.