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Connecticut State Pilot Brief
For: Chief Academic Officer Irene Parisi · CSDE
Public Act 24-151 § 143 — AI Education Tool Pilot Program · April 2026
PA 24-151 § 143 Alignment
Existing AI tool · actionable feedback
The Action Layer
Mandatory documentation for CT 2026 AI Roadmap
FERPA-Compliant by Design
Zero data privacy risk for CSDE
Documentation Gap Solver
Core PA 24-151 grant requirement
14-Day Turnkey
Live before CSDE's Q2 rollout deadline
Statewide Scalability
District → school → teacher hierarchy
Connecticut
For: CAO Irene Parisi, CSDE · April 2026
Connecticut Public Act 24-151 § 143 mandates an AI pilot that delivers actionable feedback on student outcomes with full FERPA compliance. IEP Ally is feature-complete and deployment-ready — Connecticut secures First-in-State status on the only enterprise-grade tool built for this exact mandate.
Feature-Complete — Zero Build Lag
PA 24-151 § 143 requires existing tools — IEP Ally is deployment-ready today
Actionable Feedback Engine
Per-student intervention alerts, gap detection, outcome tracking
FERPA-Compliant by Architecture
Role-scoped access, encrypted storage, full audit trail
First-in-State Opportunity
CT secures the PA 24-151 baseline — no competing district footprint
14-Day Turnkey Launch
Operational before CSDE's Q2 2026 reporting deadline
Connecticut is not issuing an RFP. It is procuring existing AI tools that already satisfy three statutory criteria. IEP Ally meets all three — and no CT district has deployed it yet.
"Existing AI Tools" — Feature-Complete, Not MVP
The Act requires tools that are already built and functional — not startups in a development cycle. IEP Ally is feature-complete with a battle-hardened Withers Shield architecture that eliminates the 6-month build lag typical of MVP competitors. Connecticut's Partner District launches Day 1, not Day 180.
"Actionable Feedback" on Student Outcomes
The Act requires AI that generates actionable interventions — not dashboards of raw data. IEP Ally's compliance audit produces per-student risk scores, accommodation gap alerts, and specific remediation directives for SPED staff and district leadership.
"FERPA-Compliant Student Data Privacy"
FERPA compliance is a structural constraint in IEP Ally's architecture — not a checkbox added to pass procurement review. Every record is encrypted at rest, role-scoped, and fully audited. No third-party data sharing. No AI training on student data. CSDE can conduct a data privacy review in days, not months.
The Documentation Gap
"Students with disabilities represent the highest-risk compliance gap in Connecticut's current K-12 AI adoption framework — and the most urgent actionable feedback need."
— PA 24-151 § 143 Legislative Intent
38
IEP Students
94%
Actionable Feedback
0
FERPA Gaps
Jordan M. · Gr. 7
Extended Time + Read Aloud
Alex R. · Gr. 9
Modified Test + Chunking
Sam K. · Gr. 6
Scribe / Dictation
Connecticut's 2026 AI Roadmap requires AI that moves educators from awareness to action. IEP Ally is a feature-complete enterprise ecosystem engineered to convert accommodation delivery data into legally-cited intervention directives — the definition of actionable feedback under PA 24-151 § 143. The Partner District establishes the first CT implementation baseline.
Accommodation Gap Detection
AI identifies every mandated IEP service with no delivery log — alerts SPED staff with specific remediation steps
Student Outcome Correlation
Tracks Lexile improvement, service delivery rate, and IEP goal progress — reportable to CSDE on demand
Substitute Teacher Auto-Alert
When accommodation delivery breaks due to staff absence, AI flags the gap within 24 hours — before it becomes a compliance issue
CSDE-Ready Reporting
District-wide actionable feedback reports formatted for state submission — one click, any date range
PA 24-151 § 143's FERPA requirement eliminates most AI tools from consideration — they bolt on compliance after the fact. IEP Ally was architected with FERPA as a structural constraint from the first line of code. That distinction is what makes it procurable without a multi-month legal review cycle.
Role-Scoped Access Control
District Admin → School Admin → SPED → Gen Ed → Para — each sees exactly what their role permits. No lateral data access.
Encrypted Private Storage
IEP documents stored in private encrypted vaults with signed URL access and configurable expiration. No public URLs.
Complete Audit Trail
Every data access, modification, and export is logged with user, timestamp, and action type — exportable for CSDE review.
No Student Data in AI Training
Student records are never used to train AI models. AI operates on anonymized structural patterns only. CSDE-defensible.
FERPA-Scoped Student Sharing
SPED teachers share student data to gen ed staff with explicit permission grants — every share logged for audit.
Parent Notification Tracking
Parent consent and notification status recorded per accommodation event — satisfies IDEA and FERPA notification requirements.
CSDE Privacy Checklist
PA 24-151 § 143 requires AI that produces actionable feedback — not raw data. IEP Ally's AI analyzes accommodation delivery patterns, identifies intervention opportunities, and generates specific directives for SPED staff and district leadership, formatted for CSDE submission.
Gap Duration Alerts
How long has a mandated accommodation been undelivered? AI flags at day 3, 7, and 14 — with escalation to district admin at day 14
Outcome Trend Analysis
Lexile improvement rate, service delivery consistency, and IEP goal attainment tracked across rolling 6-week windows
Substitute Coverage Detection
AI correlates delivery gaps with staff absence records and generates auto-alerts for building principals — closes the sub gap problem
CSDE-Formatted Reports
District-level actionable feedback reports — service delivery rates, intervention counts, compliance scores — formatted for state pilot reporting
District: Bridgeport USD · Week of Apr 14–18, 2026
AI identified 3 actionable intervention opportunities across 12 IEP students.
Read Aloud delivered 4/5 days. Missing Friday session correlates with substitute teacher assignment — recommend auto-alert trigger.
Scribe/Dictation gap of 8 days exceeds IEP service threshold. Parent notification required within 48 hours per CT regs.
Modified Test delivery 100% compliant. Lexile improvement 40 points over 6-week window — recommend IEP goal update.
Pilot Deliverables for CSDE
PA 24-151 § 143 requires pilot data to inform the 2026-2027 AI Roadmap. That timeline is incompatible with build cycles. IEP Ally's turnkey launch protocol is engineered to mitigate pilot risk — the enterprise ecosystem is feature-complete, the onboarding workflow is validated, and the CSDE reporting format is pre-built. The Partner District provides the data. We provide everything else.
Zero IT Infrastructure
Cloud-native SaaS — no server provisioning, no district IT involvement, no security review backlog
Roster Import in Hours
CSV upload or Clever API sync — entire student roster imported and structured on Day 1
45-Minute Staff Onboarding
Role-specific guided onboarding for Teachers, Paras, SPED staff, and Admins — no multi-day training required
CSDE Dashboard Access
Read-only district dashboard provisioned for CSDE reviewers — live pilot data visible from Day 12
PA 24-151 § 143's pilot data informs statewide deployment. The first district to implement IEP Ally establishes the evidentiary baseline and compliance framework that every subsequent CT district will be measured against. IEP Ally's architecture scales to unlimited districts under a single CSDE dashboard — one platform, one standard, built by the Partner District.
CSDE State-Level Dashboard
Aggregate actionable feedback across all pilot districts — service delivery rates, gap counts, outcome trends by district and grade level
Uniform Compliance Framework
IDEA · PA 24-151 · FERPA citations embedded across every district — identical evidentiary standard statewide
Year-over-Year Outcome Tracking
Longitudinal IEP goal attainment and service delivery data — the outcome evidence base PA 24-151 § 143 requires for year 2 funding
Per-District Rollout in 14 Days Each
Statewide expansion does not require parallel procurement — each district onboards in the same 14-day cycle
14
Days to Deploy
∞
Districts Scalable
100%
FERPA Coverage
CT PA 24-151 § 143
AI Education Tool Pilot Program
IEP Ally satisfies all three statutory criteria: existing deployed AI tool, actionable student outcome feedback, and FERPA-compliant data architecture. No gap between the statutory mandate and current platform capability.
IDEA 34 CFR §300.324
IEP Implementation and Documentation
The accommodation logging workflow captures every data element required to demonstrate IEP implementation — the evidentiary standard for any state or federal compliance review of CT districts participating in the pilot.
FERPA 34 CFR § 99
Student Data Privacy
Role-scoped access, encrypted storage, complete audit trail, no third-party data sharing, no AI training on student records. IEP Ally satisfies FERPA as a structural requirement — not a policy attestation.
CT Gen. Stat. § 10-4u
Connecticut Student Data Privacy Act
IEP Ally does not sell student data, does not use student data for targeted advertising, and does not disclose student data outside the contractual scope. Compliant with Connecticut's state-level data privacy framework.
Every Log Entry Includes
PA 24-151 § 143 mandates actionable AI feedback for students with disabilities. No CT district has established this baseline. The First Partner District doesn't just solve their own documentation problem — they define Connecticut's standard. IEP Ally is feature-complete, FERPA-architected, and engineered to be operational in 14 days with CSDE-formatted reporting on Day 12.
PA 24-151 § 143 Compliant
All 3 statutory criteria met
Actionable Feedback
Per-student intervention directives
FERPA by Architecture
Zero data privacy risk
14-Day Deployment
Live before Q2 deadline
Statewide Scalability
Unlimited CT districts
CSDE-Ready Reports
Day 12 delivery
IEP Ally — CSDE Pilot Brief · For: CAO Irene Parisi · April 2026 · Confidential