Overview
- OpenAI is rolling out the service with a cohort of districts representing roughly 150,000 teachers and staff, including Fairfax County, Houston ISD, Fulton County, Prince William County, Capistrano Unified, and Dallas ISD.
- Educators get GPT‑5.1 Auto with unlimited messages, web search, file uploads, image generation, and connectors for tools such as Google Drive, Microsoft 365, and Canva.
- District leaders gain administrative controls like domain claiming, SAML SSO for logins, and collaboration features to build and share custom GPTs and lesson resources.
- Access is limited to verified U.S. K‑12 educators at launch through SheerID, and Canadian teachers cannot join the program yet.
- The product is intended for teachers rather than students, and OpenAI says it may introduce pricing after June 2027 with advance notice and a goal of keeping costs affordable.