How it works
Twelve hours, four steps, one source document.
AWARE is a monitoring program, not a chatbot. It reads public agendas on a schedule, scores what it finds, and routes the results to the people who can act on them before a vote.
Step one
The sweep.
Every twelve hours, AWARE requests the published agenda and every attachment it can reach from more than 13,000 district websites and board platforms. Late revisions are re-read on the next sweep. If a district posts after the legal deadline, that timestamp is recorded.
SOURCES
Board sites, agenda platforms, PDF packets, supporting attachments, and meeting notices.
CADENCE
Two sweeps a day, with a re-read after a district reposts a revised packet.
RECORD
Post time, meeting time, item number, dollar amount, and a permanent link to the document.
Step two
The score.
Each item is scored 1–10 for likely impact on parental rights and tagged by category. A high score does not mean the item is illegal or wrong. It means it deserves a parent’s attention before the gavel.
1–3
Routine
Routine business, no parental-rights dimension, or already public and settled.
4–6
Worth a look
Policy language, vendor change, or spending that should be read before it is approved.
7–8
Act
Substantive change, significant money, or a consent-calendar item with no discussion scheduled.
9–10
Urgent
Vote inside the next 72 hours, minimal notice, and direct effect on parents or students.
Step three
The alert.
Your chapter gets a short brief: what the item is, what it costs, when the vote happens, and what a parent can do about it. Every field traces back to the source document.
- What: a plain-language description of the item, not a clipped quote.
- Where: district, meeting, agenda page, and item number.
- When: post time, meeting time, and hours of notice parents actually received.
- Why it matters: the specific policy or spending consequence.
- What to do: pull from consent, sign up for comment, call a board member, or file a records request.
The limits
What AWARE cannot do.
- It cannot tell you what a board will do. It can only tell you what is on the agenda.
- It cannot guarantee 72 hours. Districts that post late shrink the window; AWARE records how late.
- It cannot read a scanned PDF perfectly. Every alert links to the page so you can check it yourself.
- It is not legal advice. When an item needs a lawyer, your chapter routes it to counsel.
The rule stands: AWARE finds it. You verify it.
See it for your district.
AWARE alerts are distributed through local chapters. Find yours and ask the chair what came up this week.