# Tenet by TrueMadeAI

> Tenet is TrueMadeAI's K-12 AI governance platform for supported direct AI use and approved backend AI operations. Tenet Basic is a free district-wide baseline; Tenet District adds classroom, roster, teacher, and schedule context; Tenet Gateway governs AI inside district applications. Buyers are K-12 district technology, instructional, and privacy leaders in the United States.

Resources on this site are written by named authors, cite primary sources (NIST, the U.S. Department of Education, the FTC, and state statutes), carry published and reviewed dates, and follow a public corrections policy. TrueMadeAI builds and sells Tenet; product claims are surface-specific and qualified.

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Resources last reviewed: 2026-09-07

## Products and comparisons

- [tenet-edge](https://www.truemadeai.com/tenet-edge): Tenet Edge: district AI policy applied on managed Chrome at the point of use, with on-device DLP, approved-product controls, and optional blocking of unapproved AI.
- [tenet-gateway](https://www.truemadeai.com/tenet-gateway): Tenet Gateway: an OpenAI-compatible gateway that authorizes and governs AI calls made by district applications (identity, purpose, data, model, budget, evidence).
- [control-plane](https://www.truemadeai.com/control-plane): The control plane: one district policy model across direct use and backend applications.
- [compare/basic-vs-district](https://www.truemadeai.com/compare/basic-vs-district): Tenet Basic (free) versus Tenet District (roster, classroom, teacher, and schedule context).
- [compare/tenet-vs-web-filter](https://www.truemadeai.com/compare/tenet-vs-web-filter): How Tenet differs from a school web filter.
- [compare/tenet-vs-walled-garden](https://www.truemadeai.com/compare/tenet-vs-walled-garden): How Tenet differs from a walled-garden AI product.
- [assessment](https://www.truemadeai.com/assessment): Grade your district's AI governance readiness (free self-assessment).
- [starter-kit](https://www.truemadeai.com/starter-kit): District AI governance starter kit: readiness assessment, tool vetting template, AI application register, and acceptable-use checklist.
- [trust](https://www.truemadeai.com/trust): Trust center: privacy posture, data boundaries, and review materials.

## K-12 AI governance resources

- [K-12 AI Governance Software: What Counts, What Doesn't, and How Districts Should Evaluate It](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/k12-ai-governance-software-what-counts): A practical map of K-12 AI workspaces, web filters, vendor-vetting tools, policy workflows, and runtime governance software.
- [Why Every New Tenet Gateway Customer Gets a Parent Chatbot This Semester](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/parent-facing-ai-chatbot-for-school-districts): Every new Tenet Gateway customer gets a parent-facing AI chatbot this semester, grounded in approved public district information with clear citations.
- [The Two Planes of District AI: Direct Use at the Edge and AI in the Backend](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/two-planes-of-district-ai): School districts must govern people using AI directly and district applications calling AI in the backend. Both need one policy model, with separate enforcement and data paths.
- [AI Governance in K-12: A Practical District Guide](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/k12-ai-governance-guide): A practical framework for K-12 AI governance covering decision rights, inventory, privacy, instructional use, technical controls, evidence, and review.
- [AI Gateway vs. AI Governance Control Plane for School Districts](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/ai-gateway-vs-ai-governance-control-plane): An AI gateway handles traffic. A governance control plane decides whether a district AI operation is authorized for a specific identity, purpose, data class, and model deployment.
- [AI Tool Vetting and Approval Template for K-12 Schools](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/ai-tool-vetting-and-approval-template): A public, downloadable framework for reviewing an AI tool's purpose, users, data, deployment, privacy, safety, accessibility, security, contract, evidence, and review cycle.
- [School District AI Chatbots: Build vs. Buy Guide (2026)](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/build-vs-buy-school-district-ai-chatbot): Compare the cost, architecture, privacy, and governance of building a K-12 district AI chatbot versus buying a standalone product.
- [K-12 AI Governance Readiness Assessment](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/ai-governance-readiness): Assess district readiness across leadership, inventory, approval, data governance, instructional practice, controls, evidence, and continuous review.
- [State K-12 AI Laws and Guidance (2026)](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/state-k12-ai-laws-and-guidance): A dated, source-linked comparison of verified state K-12 AI laws and education-agency guidance, with clear labels for binding duties and recommendations.
- [District AI Application Register Template](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/ai-application-register-template): A downloadable register for AI applications, owners, purposes, data boundaries, model deployments, approvals, constraints, evidence, and review dates.
- [Ohio HB 96 School AI Policy Requirements After July 2026](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/ohio-hb-96-school-ai-policy-requirements): What Ohio Revised Code 3301.24 requires after the July 1, 2026 school AI policy deadline, who is covered, and what districts should document next.
- [Why Data Loss Prevention Matters in K-12 AI](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/why-data-loss-prevention-matters-in-k12-ai): Why a district DPA and a provider no-training commitment do not prevent student-data over-disclosure, and how point-of-use DLP reduces that risk.
- [AI, Accommodations, and Student Privacy in K-12](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/ai-accommodations-and-student-privacy): A planning guide for making AI use more accessible without copying IEPs, Section 504 plans, or sensitive learner records into uncontrolled model context.
- [K-12 AI Governance Software Buyer's Guide and RFP Checklist](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/k12-ai-governance-software-buyers-guide): A practical RFP checklist for evaluating K-12 AI governance software across policy enforcement, DLP, product coverage, rostering, evidence, and deployment.
- [Oklahoma SB 1734 School AI Requirements and Parent Opt-Out](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/oklahoma-sb-1734-school-ai-requirements): What Oklahoma SB 1734 requires for student-facing AI, parent opt-out, alternative instruction, human review, annual disclosure, and district policy.
- [Florida's Proposed K-12 AI Rule (6A-1.0957): District Requirements and the July 1, 2027 Deadline](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/florida-rule-6a-1-0957-school-ai-requirements): What Florida's proposed amendment to Rule 6A-1.0957 would require of district and charter school boards by July 1, 2027: parent notice and opt-in, a public approved-tool list, 30-day interaction records, PreK-5 review, training, reporting, and a companion-AI ban.
- [Data Boundaries for K-12 AI Applications](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/k12-ai-data-boundaries): Define what data a district AI use may access by purpose, source system, field or document set, recipient, model deployment, retention, and decision evidence.
- [Maryland AI Ready Schools Act: SB 720 District Requirements](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/maryland-ai-ready-schools-act-sb-720): A practical guide to Maryland SB 720, Chapter 634: state guidance, the 120-day local policy clock, AI coordinators, tool evaluation, procurement, standards, and training.
- [K-12 AI Governance Glossary](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/ai-governance-glossary): Plain-language definitions for AI governance, Edge, AI gateway, control plane, data boundary, model deployment, authorization, DLP, redaction, audit evidence, and related district terms.
- [California School AI Model Policy: What SB 1288 Means for Districts](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/california-school-ai-model-policy-sb-1288): What California SB 1288 required, what the CDE school AI model policy recommends, and which provisions are state duties versus nonmandatory local guidance.
- [Virginia HB 1186 and SB 394: What School Boards Must Do Under Code Section 22.1-20.2:1](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/virginia-hb-1186-sb-394-school-board-ai-policy): What Virginia's 2026 school AI law (Chapters 937 and 943, Code section 22.1-20.2:1) requires of the Department of Education and local school boards, what the guidance must address, the pilot program, and what the enacted text does not contain.
- [AI Product Age and Consent Requirements for K-12: A Dated Table (2026)](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/ai-product-age-and-consent-requirements-k12): Minimum ages, parent-permission rules, school offerings, who consents, and training terms for ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, Perplexity, Grok, Meta AI, Character.AI, Snapchat My AI, MagicSchool, SchoolAI, Brisk, and Khanmigo, from each vendor's own terms, plus the COPPA school-authorization rule.
- [K-12 AI Acceptable Use Policy Implementation Checklist](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/k12-ai-acceptable-use-policy-checklist): A practical checklist for turning a school district AI acceptable use policy into approved-use rules, staff guidance, training, reporting, enforcement, and review.
- [Blocking and Allowing AI on School Chromebooks: The Complete Admin Console Map (2026)](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/blocking-and-allowing-ai-on-school-chromebooks): Every AI surface a student can reach on a managed Chromebook, the exact Google Admin Console path or Chrome policy that controls it, the default for Education accounts, and what each control cannot do. Ends with the allow-with-rules alternative.
- [District AI Governance Committee Charter Template](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/district-ai-governance-committee-charter-template): A copy-ready K-12 AI governance committee charter covering mandate, authority, membership, decisions, meetings, records, escalation, conflicts, and annual review.
- [COPPA and AI Chatbots in Elementary and Middle School: When the School Can Consent](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/coppa-and-ai-chatbots-elementary-middle-school): A decision flow for districts: when a school may authorize an AI tool to collect personal information from students under 13 under COPPA, when it may not, what the FTC requires of the vendor, and where FERPA and state law add duties.
- [AI Vendor and DPA Review Questions for School Districts](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/school-district-ai-vendor-dpa-review-questions): Contract and due-diligence questions for school districts reviewing an AI vendor, data protection agreement, product security, model terms, deletion, incidents, and exit.
- [K-12 AI Incident Response Playbook for School Districts](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/k12-ai-incident-response-playbook): A school district playbook for preparing, triaging, containing, investigating, communicating, recovering from, and learning from AI incidents.
- [Texas School AI Rules Without TEA Guidance: HB 3512, TRAIGA, SB 1964, and What Districts Should Adopt](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/texas-school-district-ai-requirements-without-tea-guidance): Texas school districts already carry AI duties under HB 3512 training rules, the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act, SB 1964, and the DIR administrative rule, while the Texas Education Agency has issued no AI guidance. Here is the synthesis and a local policy plan.
- [Can Teachers Use AI to Grade? District Policy Language and What Utah and DC Actually Require](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/teacher-ai-grading-policy-k12): What US states and model policies actually say about teachers using AI to grade or give feedback, the difference between drafting feedback and setting a grade, the FERPA line, and sample district policy language for each tier.
- [AI in IEP and 504 Writing: What IDEA Requires, What May Enter a Prompt, and What Districts Should Adopt](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/ai-in-iep-and-504-writing): Most special education teachers now use AI on IEPs and few have been trained. What IDEA and FERPA actually require of an individualized plan, which student information may never enter a prompt, the documented failure modes, and district policy language.
- [Tenet Supported AI Products: Capability Matrix (August 2026)](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/tenet-supported-ai-products-capability-matrix): A dated matrix of Tenet Edge support for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Grok, MagicSchool, SchoolAI, and Brisk Boost, plus unapproved AI blocking boundaries.
- [AI Notetakers in IEP, 504, and Staff Meetings: Consent, Records, and Vendor Rules](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/ai-notetakers-in-iep-and-school-meetings): What federal law says about recording an IEP meeting, when a transcript becomes an education record parents may inspect, which states require all-party consent, how each meeting platform handles AI notes, and the failure mode of an unvetted bot in the room.
- [FERPA and AI in K-12 Schools: A District Guide](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/ferpa-and-ai-in-k12-schools): What FERPA requires when K-12 schools use AI, how the school-official exception works, what belongs in a DPA, and why no-training terms do not prevent over-disclosure.
- [Shadow AI in K-12 Schools: Audit, Detect, Approve, or Block](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/shadow-ai-in-k12-schools): A practical guide to finding shadow AI in K-12 schools, separating an AI inventory from browser-visible detection, and deciding what to approve, govern, block, or retire.
- [How School Districts Can Govern Student Use of ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Other AI Tools](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/how-school-districts-govern-student-ai-tools): A practical four-layer model for governing student AI use through access decisions, in-surface policy, DLP, and grade, class, and teacher context.
- [Local AI in K-12 Schools: Uses, Benefits, Risks, Guardrails](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/local-ai-in-schools): How districts can use local and on-premises AI for staff work, retrieval, tutoring pilots, accessibility, and private workflows, with clear tradeoffs.
- [How We Evaluate AI for K-12 Learning](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/how-we-evaluate-ai-for-k12-learning): The public methodology for TrueMadeAI K-12 AI scorecards, including product controls, deployment, performance, pedagogy, and learning-evidence boundaries.
- [K-12 AI Assistance Ladder for Teaching and Learning](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/k12-ai-assistance-ladder): A seven-level framework for deciding when students should work without AI, receive explanations, hints, feedback, collaboration, generation, or agents.
- [ChatGPT for Teachers vs Claude for Teachers vs Gemini for Education](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/chatgpt-for-teachers-vs-claude-for-teachers-vs-gemini-for-education): Compare ChatGPT for Teachers, Claude for Teachers, and Gemini for Education across K-12 users, student access, admin controls, privacy, and teaching workflows.
- [Meta Muse Glimmer for Schools: Privacy and Guardrails](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/meta-muse-glimmer-for-schools): A district analysis of Muse Glimmer 30B hardware, local deployment, privacy boundaries, age restrictions, and safeguards required before student use.
- [How to Pilot an AI Tool Before a District-Wide Rollout](https://www.truemadeai.com/resources/school-district-ai-pilot-plan): A practical K-12 AI pilot plan covering scope, synthetic testing, privacy, instructional fit, success criteria, stop rules, and rollout evidence.

## Company and policies

- [about](https://www.truemadeai.com/about): About TrueMadeAI and the team behind Tenet.
- [editorial-standards](https://www.truemadeai.com/editorial-standards): How resources are researched, reviewed, dated, and corrected.
- [request-pilot](https://www.truemadeai.com/request-pilot): Try Tenet Basic, request a Tenet District meeting, or discuss the Gateway founding-district program.
- [privacy](https://www.truemadeai.com/privacy): Privacy policy.
- [terms](https://www.truemadeai.com/terms): Website terms.

## Downloadable templates

- [AI governance readiness assessment](https://www.truemadeai.com/downloads/tenet-ai-governance-readiness-assessment.csv): CSV worksheet
- [AI tool vetting and approval template](https://www.truemadeai.com/downloads/tenet-ai-tool-vetting-template.csv): CSV worksheet
- [AI application register template](https://www.truemadeai.com/downloads/tenet-ai-application-register-template.csv): CSV worksheet