https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/3/23/17156918/apple-ipad-pencil-support-low-cost-education-kuo

We’ve been wondering what, if anything, Apple will do to make its forthcoming low-cost iPad stand out (aside from the price). And now we might have an answer: it could support the Pencil stylus. As of now, only iPad Pro models support it.

The rumor comes from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who wrote in a note today obtained by MacRumors, that “the new low-price 9.7-inch iPad ... will likely support Apple Pencil.” Kuo believes that Apple may want to do this as a way to “differentiate it more from low-price Android tablets.”