North Carolina Budget Proposes $5 Million for Khanmigo, MagicSchool

Republican state lawmakers could award $5 million in no-bid contracts to use AI for the purpose of providing tutoring support to students. The newly released state budget includes $2.5 million for middle schools and high schools to use Khan Academy’s Khanmigo program and $2.5 million to use MagicSchool’s program. Both programs are billed as ways to use artificial intelligence to help teachers with their lesson plans and students with learning comprehension. An earlier proposal filed by Senate Majority Leader Michael Lee called for providing $10.1 million to just use Khanmigo.