A Hawaii charter school is betting on AI education, and a new federal tax credit scholarship program starting in January could help pay for it.

• Kulia Academy in Hawaii says it is the first US school with a full 7-year AI and data science program.
• Students as young as 11 are already coding and working with data, aiming at careers as AI engineers, data scientists, and cybersecurity experts.
• The school runs mostly on private donations, so the new federal scholarship tax credit from Trump's "one big beautiful bill" would be a big funding boost.
• Money would go toward technology and classroom basics, not just equipment.
• Classes now cover grades 6 through 8, with teaching focused on reading and explaining data, not just collecting it.

Outlook: The program expands to 9th grade next year, and its growth depends on how much the January federal funding delivers.