The questions district decision-makers ask before bringing in any student-facing program: data, liability, cost, opt-out, IT review, and approvals. Short answers, because the design is simple by intent.
None. There are no student accounts, no logins, no tracking, and no retention of student information, in any channel, at any time. Students read publicly available materials; nothing reads them back. Because we collect nothing, there is no data to secure, share, breach, or subpoena. See the student data privacy disclosure and privacy policy.
The program holds no student records and creates no accounts, so it does not generate new data-handling obligations. The program is not directed to children under 13, so COPPA does not apply. Your district's own FERPA and state student-privacy responsibilities are not implicated by distributing free reference materials that collect nothing. Confirm with your counsel, as you would for any material.
No software, no accounts, no integrations, no logins. There is nothing to install on student or district devices and no platform to manage. The materials are documents and web pages. A security review has almost nothing to review, which is the point.
It is free to schools and families. No school or family ever pays to use the program. Distribution is supported by corporate sponsors and community partners who are recognized as supporters and who never shape content, appear in student materials, or receive data.
Yes, trivially. The program is distributed reference material, not a mandate, an account, or a platform. Any student or family can simply choose not to use it. Nothing is assigned, tracked, or required, so opting out means doing nothing at all.
No. The program is product-neutral and does not promote, endorse, or recommend any AI product or platform. It teaches judgment, privacy, verification, and accountability, not tools. That neutrality is structural and permanent.
No. It is designed to sit alongside whatever policy you have, or to be a starting point where formal guidance is still developing. Your policy sets the rules of the room; Still In Charge builds the judgment students carry when the policy is out of sight. See how the two fit together.
High school and college students, and those entering the workforce. It is not directed to children under 13. The five principles scale across those ages.
The student and parent guides to distribute, plus about three to four hours of the founder's time, all virtual: a working session with administration, a one-hour teacher Q&A, and a one-hour parent Q&A. There is no required training sequence for staff.
Because there is no cost, no data collection, and no software, most districts can proceed with a straightforward administrative sign-off and a program meeting. We are glad to join a call with the people who need to approve it and answer questions directly.
Schedule a call or email contact@stillincharge.org. We will walk your team through it and align it with your existing policies.
