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Republican state lawmakers could award $5 million in no-bid contracts to use AI for the purpose of providing tutoring support to students.<\/p>\n

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The newly released state budget includes $2.5 million for middle schools and high schools to use Khan Academy\u2019s Khanmigo program and $2.5 million to use MagicSchool\u2019s MagicSchool program. Both programs are billed as ways to use artificial intelligence to help teachers with their lesson plans and students with learning comprehension.<\/p>\n

An earlier proposal filed by Senate Majority Leader Michael Lee called for providing $10.1 million to just use Khanmigo<\/a>. Lee, a New Hanover County Republican, did not return a request for comment from The News & Observer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is allowing our LEAs (local education agencies) the ability to compete,\u201d Lee said during the June 3 Senate Education Committee meeting. \u201cIt is something that gives them another tool in the toolbox to reach kids who may not have access across our state to what you may have in Durham, or I may have in New Hanover, or we may have in Wake.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis allows these kids the ability to compete, and our schools the ability to compete, and I think that\u2019s important.<\/p>\n

The inclusion of both items in the state budget released Tuesday by Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Destin Hall means it\u2019s virtually a done deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m struggling to find the evidence that shows that this is a better investment than, say, $10 million in instructional assistants,\u201d Sen. Sophia Chitlik, a Durham Democrat, said at the June 3 Senate Education Committee meeting.<\/p>\n

The focus has been on Khanmigo because MagicSchool didn\u2019t officially enter the picture until the budget was released. Lee has been trying since 2025 to get the state to fund the use of Khanmigo.<\/p>\n

More than 200 million registered users use the free online educational programs developed by Khan Academy, a California-based non-profit founded in 2008 by Sal Khan. Khanmigo was launched in 2023 as an AI chatbot that could help students using the platform.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a nonprofit, we really just care about moving academic outcomes,\u201d Khan said in an interview with The N&O. \u201cI tell our team every day, if someone else can move academic outcomes better than us, we shouldn\u2019t exist, like we should go do something else.\u201d<\/p>\n

MagicSchool is a Colorado-based for-profit ed tech company. MagicSchool did not immediately return The N&O\u2019s request for comment Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Justin Parmenter, a Charlotte-Mecklenburg teacher has questioned on his blog<\/a> the push to get another AI program into North Carolina\u2019s classrooms.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt feels a little bit rushed right now for them to be throwing this money out there at a time like this,\u201d Parmenter said in an interview.<\/p>\n

Parmenter and Democratic lawmakers have pointed to an April interview that Khan gave to nonprofit news organization Chalkbeat<\/a>, in which he said the chatbot \u201cwas a non-event\u201d for many students and \u201cthey just didn\u2019t use it much.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Khan told the N&O that the redesign they\u2019re rolling out this year<\/a> will be a much improved version of Khanmigo and the Khan Academy platform. For instance, Khan said Khanmigo will act more now like a human tutor as it alerts teachers when a student is having problems and gives incentives for students when they do well.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we can get in the hands of the schools, the teachers, and the students, we can drive that practice, that engagement, and I think engagement is everything here,\u201d Khan said. \u201cIf we can drive that engagement, then I\u2019m hopeful we can see acceleration in learning outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The state Department of Public Instruction said it didn\u2019t request the AI support program. But the agency said it\u2019s not opposed to it either.<\/p>\n

Lee, the lawmaker, has said they\u2019ll be able to judge the effectiveness by having the North Carolina Collaboratory\u2019s Office of Learning Research study the program.<\/p>\n

Khan has visited North Carolina and talked with state lawmakers. But Khan said he didn\u2019t lobby for the inclusion of the state funding.<\/p>\n

Unlike for-profit companies who \u201cpromise the sky,\u201d Khan said Khan Academy has the studies<\/a> to prove its programs work at driving student achievement.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one at Khan Academy gets any economic benefit from this,\u201d Khan said. \u201cWe have zero lobbyists, and I genuinely think this is Senator Lee and others doing a deep survey of what\u2019s available and what actually has evidence behind it,\u201d<\/p>\n

This story was originally published July 1, 2026 at 5:00 AM<\/span> with the headline “NC lawmakers want to use AI to boost student performance. Will it help?.” <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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