Khan Academy Terms of Service

These are Khan Academy's Terms of Service — the legal rules for using its free tutoring website and its paid AI assistant Khanmigo. The most important thing to know is that if your child is under 13, a parent or an authorized school must create or approve their account, and by using the platform you give Khan Academy a broad license to use any content you post. If you disagree with how a dispute is handled, you have only 30 days after accepting these terms to opt out of mandatory arbitration — otherwise you waive your right to sue in court or join a class action.

This document is Khan Academy's Terms of Service, governing use of its free and paid educational platform (including Khanmigo AI tutoring) under California law, creating a binding agreement between Khan Academy (a 501(c)(3) nonprofit) and users including students, parents, teachers, and school/district administrators. Key user obligations include compliance with content standards, prohibition on commercial use, and for child users under 13, mandatory parental or school consent; Khan Academy's obligations include providing the service 'as is' with no warranties and maintaining a COPPA-compliant framework for student data. Notable provisions include a binding mandatory arbitration clause with class action waiver for users over 18, a broad intellectual property license granted to Khan Academy over user-submitted content, and explicit disclaimers of all warranties including fitness for educational purpose. The document engages COPPA (15 U.S.C. §6501 et seq.) for child users, FERPA (20 U.S.C. §1232g) for student educational records held by school accounts, CCPA (Cal. Civ. Code §1798.100 et seq.) for California residents, and state consumer protection frameworks; enforcement authority rests with the FTC (COPPA/FTC Act Section 5), the U.S. Department of Education (FERPA), and the California Attorney General (CCPA). Material compliance considerations include the arbitration opt-out window (30 days from account creation or ToS change), the school/district administrator liability model for child accounts, and the broad indemnification obligation placed on users.