Come November, as many as 1,000 School District U-46 staff members could be using Open AI’s ChatGPT Edu to do instructional and operational work free of charge.

U-46 School Board members tentatively agreed to the 13-month, no-cost deal Monday night and are expected to formally approve it at their Oct. 20 meeting.

“Our original proposal came with a cost of about $400,000 for 4,000 licenses,” Deputy Superintendent of Instruction Lela Majstorovic told the board.

“A couple weeks ago, after we had shared an updated presentation with the board of education, Open AI reached out to our team here and invited U-46 to join in its early access program, which is a program that’s only been offered to 20 school districts across the nation.”

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