New NC budget keeps Khanmigo contract, but slashes funding from $10 million

By: Ahmed Jallow

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: July 1, 2026

Words: 449

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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Republican lawmakers have sharply reduced a proposal to fund an artificial intelligence platform for North Carolina schools, scaling back an earlier plan that would have directed $10 million to Khan Academy for an AI-powered tutoring and teaching assistant platform called Khanmigo.

The conference budget proposal released Monday appropriates $500,000 in nonrecurring funding to the Department of Public Instruction to contract with Khan Academy for Khanmigo licenses and to develop an AI course with Wake Technical …

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