Houston ISD carried an artificial intelligence board policy to a second reading
Houston Independent School District has a proposed local board policy numbered CQD(LOCAL) covering technology resources and artificial intelligence. The item was introduced on March 20th, 2026. Its first reading sat on the June 11th, 2026 board agenda as item 42. Its second reading sat on the August 13th, 2026 agenda as item 24, in the consent section. The district's agenda system records no action, mover or vote for either reading. The August 13th minutes are still marked draft, so the record does not yet show whether the board adopted it. This is a state-appointed Board of Managers rather than an elected board, and the policy would apply to the largest school district in Texas.
How to take part
Board meetings are held at 5:00 PM in the Board Auditorium and Board Services Conference Room, and agendas, attachments and minutes are posted in the district's Legistar meeting detail pages. The draft minutes for August 13th, 2026 will show whether the policy was adopted once they are finalized.
Where
1 county. In Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands.
Timeline
- filed
Item introduced as the policy file
- hearing
First reading placed on the board agenda as item 42
- hearing
Second reading placed on the board agenda as item 24, in the consent section
- Today
How this decision moved
One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.
- 2026-08-18
Checked and unchanged. Policy CQD(LOCAL) sits on the August 13th agenda with no recorded action and no passed flag.
- 2026-08-21
Checked and unchanged. Policy CQD(LOCAL) sits on the August 13th agenda in the consent section with no recorded action, no passed date and an empty action history.
- 2026-08-25
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-08-28
Checked and unchanged. The district's agenda system still records no action on CQD(LOCAL) at its second reading. Houston ISD still has no adopted board policy on artificial intelligence while its schools keep running.
- 2026-09-01
Houston ISD's artificial-intelligence board policy remains between readings, with no final adoption in the record.
- 2026-09-02
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-09-05
The Houston district's AI policy is still between readings. It has not returned to the board for the second one.
- 2026-09-08
Houston ISD's artificial intelligence policy is still between readings. The board has published no adoption of it.
- 2026-09-09
Houston ISD's artificial intelligence board policy is still stopped after its second reading, with no third reading called.
- 2026-09-12
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-09-13
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-09-16
The Houston ISD artificial intelligence policy is still between readings. A second reading was taken and the board has not yet adopted it.
- 2026-09-19
The artificial intelligence policy is still between readings, so the district has adopted nothing yet.
- 2026-09-23
The Houston board policy is still between its two readings.
- 2026-09-26
Houston ISD's policy on artificial intelligence is still between its readings, with no final adoption posted.
- 2026-09-29
Houston ISD has not posted a final vote on its board policy on artificial intelligence after the second reading.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
Approval To Establish Board Policy CQD(LOCAL), Technology Resources: Artificial Intelligence-Second ReadingLegistar API, Houston ISD, matters matching Artificial Intelligence (Matter 3385, File 26-238, agenda date 2026-08-13) Primary source, official · webapi.legistar.com
24.Legistar API, Houston ISD, event 1304 agenda items for August 13, 2026 Primary source, official · webapi.legistar.com
Approval To Establish Board Policy CQD(LOCAL), Technology Resources: Artificial Intelligence-First ReadingLegistar API, Houston ISD, event 1303 agenda items for June 11, 2026 Primary source, official · webapi.legistar.com
Questions about this decision
Answered from the record itself. Every answer is assembled from stored fields, so an answer the record has no basis for is left out rather than guessed.
What is this decision?
Houston Independent School District has a proposed local board policy numbered CQD(LOCAL) covering technology resources and artificial intelligence. The item was introduced on March 20th, 2026. Its first reading sat on the June 11th, 2026 board agenda as item 42. Its second reading sat on the August 13th, 2026 agenda as item 24, in the consent section. The district's agenda system records no action, mover or vote for either reading. The August 13th minutes are still marked draft, so the record does not yet show whether the board adopted it. This is a state-appointed Board of Managers rather than an elected board, and the policy would apply to the largest school district in Texas.
Who decides it?
Houston Independent School District Board of Managers decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public take part?
Board meetings are held at 5:00 PM in the Board Auditorium and Board Services Conference Room, and agendas, attachments and minutes are posted in the district's Legistar meeting detail pages. The draft minutes for August 13th, 2026 will show whether the policy was adopted once they are finalized.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It covers Harris County in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area.
Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
What happens next?
No future date is on the record. The last dated step on it was hearing on August 13th.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is March 20th, 2026.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under health and education.
What sources back it?
Three sources back it. Three of them are primary.
Is it on the ERCOT grid?
Yes. It sits inside the ERCOT interconnection.
When was it last checked?
Every fact on it was last verified against its source on September 29th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, Houston ISD carried an artificial intelligence board policy to a second reading. Tracked since March 20th, 2026. Last verified September 29th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0053/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0053.
Beat
Filed under Health and education, with every other decision on that beat.