RESEARCH PACKAGE — 4 OCTOBER 2026

Publication scope: selected 2026 state and district actions. Not a census.
2024-to-2026 national policy prevalence and growth are NOT certified.
The workbook distinguishes verified inclusions, unresolved leads and historical unknowns.

Files: policy evidence, all51-jurisdiction coverage, the identical35-district search panel,
source URL index, query log, original map geometry and reproduction scripts.
Search hits in the source index are leads, not endorsed evidence or inclusion decisions.
Policy-evidence.json is the decision ledger. Original web-page text is not redistributed.

Map geography: us-atlas@3/states-albers-10m.json, retrieved from
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/us-atlas@3/states-albers-10m.json
Albers USA projection; Alaska/Hawaii insets. us-atlas by Mike Bostock, ISC license.

Reproduction: Python3 + Pillow (map), ReportLab (PDF), and the Codex artifact-tool
JavaScript library (Excel). Scripts expect this directory as workspace root with
output/ and research/us-states-albers.json. Font paths are standard DejaVu fonts.
create_workbook.mjs uses an explicit workspace path; update it when relocating.

Suggested LinkedIn alt text:
Two U.S. maps show selected actions on school-provided instructional technology as
of October4,2026. Top: enacted laws in Alabama,California,Iowa,Oklahoma,Tennessee,
and Utah; outlined NewYork and NorthCarolina pending bills, and Florida's adopted
AI rule with unverified effective date. Bottom: selected district actions in
California,Florida,Georgia,NewYork,Pennsylvania,Texas,Virginia and Washington.
Names and future dates appear beside the maps. Gray is not proof of no policy.
