How much does Claude for Teachers cost for a school district?

Claude for Teachers is a free Enterprise offering for qualifying U.S. K-12 schools and districts. Anthropic gives organizations that enroll by June 30, 2027 a full year of complimentary access, and the district tier includes the Enterprise administration features rather than charging separately for them.

Is Claude for Teachers available outside the United States?

No. Anthropic limited this schools and districts rollout of Claude for Teachers to the United States. Educators elsewhere are not covered by the free Enterprise offering announced on August 28, 2026, and the FERPA-aligned terms and K-12 data processing protections it ships with are written around U.S. school requirements.

How does the district plan differ from the individual teacher version?

The July version of Claude for Teachers verified individual U.S. K-12 educators, who each managed their own account. The district version shifts provisioning to an administrator: staff accounts are created centrally under one agreement, with single sign-on, role-based access controls and domain claiming so the organization sets policy instead of each teacher.

What are the two new teaching skills?

Anthropic shipped lesson preparation and check for understanding alongside the district launch of Claude for Teachers. Lesson preparation helps a teacher build materials for an upcoming class. Check for understanding generates questions that test whether students grasped a concept, and starts with a focus on math before widening to other subjects.

Anthropic · 2026-08-28 · major

Claude for Teachers reaches districts — a free Enterprise plan for U.S. K-12

Claude for Teachers is now a free Enterprise offering for U.S. K-12 schools and districts. Admins get single sign-on, role-based access controls and domain claiming, and organizations that enroll by June 30, 2027 get a full year at no cost.

Anthropic announcement card for Claude for Teachers in schools and districts

Schools can now hand out Claude for Teachers centrally instead of asking each teacher to sign up alone.

Quick facts

Maker	Anthropic
Who qualifies	U.S. K-12 schools and districts
Price	Free Enterprise offering
Free year	Enroll by June 30, 2027
Admin controls	SSO, role-based access, domain claiming
Data terms	FERPA-aligned, K-12 data processing
New skills	Lesson preparation, check for understanding

What is it?

Schools and districts can now claim Claude for Teachers as a free Enterprise offering, a step up from the July program that verified individual U.S. K-12 educators one at a time. An administrator provisions accounts for staff under one agreement, with FERPA-aligned terms and K-12 data processing protections covering the whole organization. Two teaching skills also launched alongside it: lesson preparation, and a math-first check for understanding.

How does it work?

The district tier is a real Enterprise workspace, so it carries single sign-on, role-based access controls and domain claiming. Domain claiming is what ties staff email addresses to the organization, letting an admin set policy centrally rather than trusting each teacher's personal settings. Anthropic keeps model training off by default for verified educator accounts.

Why does it matter?

Per-teacher signup is the part that stalls school AI rollouts — IT cannot see who has an account, and legal has no single agreement to review. Moving Claude for Teachers to district provisioning removes both blockers at no cost, and enrolling before June 30, 2027 locks in a full complimentary year.

Who is it for?

U.S. K-12 school and district IT administrators

Frequently asked questions

How much does Claude for Teachers cost for a school district?: Claude for Teachers is a free Enterprise offering for qualifying U.S. K-12 schools and districts. Anthropic gives organizations that enroll by June 30, 2027 a full year of complimentary access, and the district tier includes the Enterprise administration features rather than charging separately for them.
Is Claude for Teachers available outside the United States?: No. Anthropic limited this schools and districts rollout of Claude for Teachers to the United States. Educators elsewhere are not covered by the free Enterprise offering announced on August 28, 2026, and the FERPA-aligned terms and K-12 data processing protections it ships with are written around U.S. school requirements.
How does the district plan differ from the individual teacher version?: The July version of Claude for Teachers verified individual U.S. K-12 educators, who each managed their own account. The district version shifts provisioning to an administrator: staff accounts are created centrally under one agreement, with single sign-on, role-based access controls and domain claiming so the organization sets policy instead of each teacher.
What are the two new teaching skills?: Anthropic shipped lesson preparation and check for understanding alongside the district launch of Claude for Teachers. Lesson preparation helps a teacher build materials for an upcoming class. Check for understanding generates questions that test whether students grasped a concept, and starts with a focus on math before widening to other subjects.

Try it

https://claude.com/solutions/teachers