Ohio becomes the first state requiring every public school to have a board-approved AI policy

Ohio's mandate does not tell districts whether to allow AI in the classroom, only that every board must go on record with a formal policy, which quietly shifts a values debate about kids and chatbots from Silicon Valley boardrooms to local school board meetings statewide. Districts like Columbus have used that discretion to leave the real decision, whether a given assignment allows AI, to individual teachers rather than a blanket rule. It previews what other states will likely face as their own legislative sessions catch up: a compliance requirement that manages to satisfy no one's strongest opinions about AI in schools.