The Stop-Gap AI Governance and Compliance Guide is a practical, ready to use framework that helps primary and secondary schools manage AI safely and confidently. It is built for real classrooms and real constraints. Schools can adopt the entire system or use it in a piecemeal way by adding only the sections they need. This guide includes a clear primer on AI governance, crisis response structures for high risk events, and step by step workflows that teams can follow without special training or extra software. It also provides a professional development verification system, detailed stakeholder handbooks, and practical tools for oversight and accountability. Schools using Microsoft and Google ecosystems will find platform aligned guidance that helps them double check their internal configurations and confirm compliance with policy and legal requirements. This book is designed to fit directly into existing governance structures and offers a reliable, future compatible foundation for AI oversight. It gives school leaders a complete set of tools to strengthen safety, improve coordination, and support teachers and students on day one.