United States — AI Gap Index

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

D9 Workers have rights when AI used in employment decisions 1 State-level protections exist in Colorado, Illinois, and New York; no federal worker AI rights law ^{[1], [2], [3]}

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

D13 Free or publicly funded AI literacy resources available 1 US DOL AI Literacy Framework (Feb 2026) deployed through $243M Apprenticeship AI Skills Initiative (April 2026); dedicated website at apprenticeship.gov/AI; publicly available free resources. Sector-targeted (apprenticeships), not general population mandate — score held at 1. ^{[1], [2], [3], [4]}

D14 Digital infrastructure support for schools and institutions 0 Significant digital divide in rural and low-income communities; no national infrastructure mandate ^{[1], [2], [3]}

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Regions & states

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Region

Schools /10

Workforce /8

Governance /6

Access /4

Total

Index history

May 30, 2026 4/28 Filed DOL $243M AI Apprenticeship Skills Initiative (April 1) and apprenticeship.gov/AI website (April 29). Both voluntary; strengthen evidence for dim 13 but sector-targeted rather than general population. No score changes.

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.