CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2370Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesFebruary 12, 2024 An act to add Section 87709 to the Education Code, relating to community colleges. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2370, as introduced, Cervantes. Community colleges: faculty: artificial intelligence.Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes the California Online Community College, under the administration of the board of governors, for specified purposes, and requires the college to develop a Research and Development Unit to, among other things, focus on using technology, data science, behavioral science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to build out student supports.This bill would prohibit artificial intelligence from being used to replace community college faculty for purposes of providing academic instruction to, and regular interaction with, students in a course of instruction, and would authorize artificial intelligence to only be used as a peripheral tool to support faculty in carrying out those tasks for uses such as course development, assessment, and tutoring.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 87709 is added to the Education Code, to read:87709. Artificial intelligence shall not be used to replace faculty for purposes of providing academic instruction to, and regular interaction with, students in a course of instruction, and may only be used as a peripheral tool to support faculty in carrying out those tasks for uses such as course development, assessment, and tutoring.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2370Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesFebruary 12, 2024 An act to add Section 87709 to the Education Code, relating to community colleges. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2370, as introduced, Cervantes. Community colleges: faculty: artificial intelligence.Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes the California Online Community College, under the administration of the board of governors, for specified purposes, and requires the college to develop a Research and Development Unit to, among other things, focus on using technology, data science, behavioral science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to build out student supports.This bill would prohibit artificial intelligence from being used to replace community college faculty for purposes of providing academic instruction to, and regular interaction with, students in a course of instruction, and would authorize artificial intelligence to only be used as a peripheral tool to support faculty in carrying out those tasks for uses such as course development, assessment, and tutoring.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2370
Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesFebruary 12, 2024
Introduced by Assembly Member Cervantes
February 12, 2024
An act to add Section 87709 to the Education Code, relating to community colleges.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2370, as introduced, Cervantes. Community colleges: faculty: artificial intelligence.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes the California Online Community College, under the administration of the board of governors, for specified purposes, and requires the college to develop a Research and Development Unit to, among other things, focus on using technology, data science, behavioral science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to build out student supports.This bill would prohibit artificial intelligence from being used to replace community college faculty for purposes of providing academic instruction to, and regular interaction with, students in a course of instruction, and would authorize artificial intelligence to only be used as a peripheral tool to support faculty in carrying out those tasks for uses such as course development, assessment, and tutoring.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes the California Online Community College, under the administration of the board of governors, for specified purposes, and requires the college to develop a Research and Development Unit to, among other things, focus on using technology, data science, behavioral science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to build out student supports.
This bill would prohibit artificial intelligence from being used to replace community college faculty for purposes of providing academic instruction to, and regular interaction with, students in a course of instruction, and would authorize artificial intelligence to only be used as a peripheral tool to support faculty in carrying out those tasks for uses such as course development, assessment, and tutoring.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 87709 is added to the Education Code, to read:87709. Artificial intelligence shall not be used to replace faculty for purposes of providing academic instruction to, and regular interaction with, students in a course of instruction, and may only be used as a peripheral tool to support faculty in carrying out those tasks for uses such as course development, assessment, and tutoring.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 87709 is added to the Education Code, to read:87709. Artificial intelligence shall not be used to replace faculty for purposes of providing academic instruction to, and regular interaction with, students in a course of instruction, and may only be used as a peripheral tool to support faculty in carrying out those tasks for uses such as course development, assessment, and tutoring.
SECTION 1. Section 87709 is added to the Education Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
87709. Artificial intelligence shall not be used to replace faculty for purposes of providing academic instruction to, and regular interaction with, students in a course of instruction, and may only be used as a peripheral tool to support faculty in carrying out those tasks for uses such as course development, assessment, and tutoring.
87709. Artificial intelligence shall not be used to replace faculty for purposes of providing academic instruction to, and regular interaction with, students in a course of instruction, and may only be used as a peripheral tool to support faculty in carrying out those tasks for uses such as course development, assessment, and tutoring.
87709. Artificial intelligence shall not be used to replace faculty for purposes of providing academic instruction to, and regular interaction with, students in a course of instruction, and may only be used as a peripheral tool to support faculty in carrying out those tasks for uses such as course development, assessment, and tutoring.
87709. Artificial intelligence shall not be used to replace faculty for purposes of providing academic instruction to, and regular interaction with, students in a course of instruction, and may only be used as a peripheral tool to support faculty in carrying out those tasks for uses such as course development, assessment, and tutoring.