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1-Senate Bill No. 1288 CHAPTER 893An act to add and repeal Section 33328.5 of the Education Code, relating to public schools. [ Approved by Governor September 28, 2024. Filed with Secretary of State September 28, 2024. ] LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1288, Becker. Public schools: artificial intelligence working group. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish procedures within the State Department of Education to, among other things, annually identify the critical needs for which effective educational programs and practices are to be identified, developed, and disseminated to public schools.This bill would require the Superintendent to convene a working group, composed as provided, for specific purposes related to artificial intelligence in public schools, as specified. The bill would require, among other things, the working group to develop, on or before January 1, 2026, guidance for school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools on the safe use of artificial intelligence in education, and to, on or before July 1, 2026, develop a model policy for those local educational agencies regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, pupils and educators, as provided. The bill would require the working group to, on or before January 1, 2027, report its findings and recommendations to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, as provided. The bill would dissolve the working group upon submission of that report, and would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2031.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is an urgent need for state guidance and locally adopted policies regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in education to benefit and protect pupils and educators.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the use of artificial intelligence technology-enabled teaching and learning practices are in coordination with, rather than a replacement of, educators.SEC. 2. Section 33328.5 is added to the Education Code, immediately following Section 33328, to read:33328.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Artificial intelligence means an engineered or machine-based system that varies in its level of autonomy and that can, for explicit or implicit objectives, infer, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments.(2) Educator means a certificated or classified employee of a local educational agency or charter school.(3) Local educational agency means a school district or county office of education.(b) The Superintendent shall convene a working group for all of the following purposes:(1) Developing guidance on the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not harm, pupils and educators.(2) Developing a model policy, reflecting available research, for local educational agencies and charter schools regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, educational quality, pupil critical thinking and writing skills, creativity, and the essential work of educators.(3) Identifying other ways in which the state can support educators in developing and sharing effective practices involving artificial intelligence that minimize risk and maximize benefits to pupils and educators.(c) (1) The working group shall include all of the following:(A) Current, credentialed public school teachers serving in elementary and secondary teaching positions.(B) Classified public school staff.(C) Schoolsite administrators.(D) School district or county office of education administrators.(E) University and community college faculty, including academics with expertise in artificial intelligence and its uses in education.(F) Representatives of private sector business or industry, with expertise in artificial intelligence and its uses in education.(G) Pupils enrolled in public school.(2) At least one-half of the workgroup shall be composed of current, credentialed public school teachers serving in elementary and secondary teaching positions with knowledge of the use of artificial intelligence in education.(d) The working group shall do all of the following:(1) (A) Assess the current and future state of artificial intelligence use in education, including both of the following:(i) The current state of artificial intelligence used by local educational agencies and charter schools, including all of the following:(I) Technologies most commonly in use.(II) The typical cost of those technologies.(III) The ownership structure of those technologies.(IV) The ownership structure of pupil- and employee-created materials.(V) The licensing agreements for those technologies.(VI) The ability to access source code for those technologies.(VII) The degree to which educators were involved in the decision to use artificial intelligence.(VIII) Artificial intelligence as a topic of instruction in developing class content.(ii) Anticipated and potential developments in artificial intelligence technology in education.(B) (i) Conduct at least three public meetings to incorporate feedback from pupils, families, and relevant stakeholders into the assessment required by subparagraph (A).(ii) Public meetings held pursuant to clause (i) may be held by teleconference, pursuant to the procedures required by Section 11123 of the Government Code, for the benefit of the public and the working group.(2) (A) Detail current uses of artificial intelligence in education settings including through the identification of all of the following:(i) Examples of human-centered artificial intelligence that aid, further, and improve teaching and learning, including in ways that do not exacerbate existing inequities, and the work of educators.(ii) Examples of human replacement artificial intelligence that could negatively impact pupil development, jeopardize pupil data security, or risk the jobs of educators.(iii) Examples of strategies to ensure that there are opportunities for stakeholders to offer meaningful feedback before any given form of artificial intelligence is introduced to pupils or educators.(B) In performing the work required by this subdivision, the working group shall solicit input from educators and pupils on their experience using the technologies identified in subparagraph (A).(3) On or before January 1, 2026, develop guidance for local educational agencies and charter schools on the safe use of artificial intelligence in education that addresses all of the following:(A) Academic integrity and plagiarism.(B) Acceptable and unacceptable uses of artificial intelligence for pupils and educators.(C) Pupil and educator data privacy and data security.(D) Parent and guardian access to information that pupils enter into artificial intelligence systems.(E) Procurement of software that ensures the safety and privacy of pupils and educators, and the protection of their data.(4) On or before July 1, 2026, develop a model policy for local educational agencies and charter schools regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, pupils and educators. This policy shall include all of the following topics:(A) Academic integrity and plagiarism.(B) Acceptable and unacceptable uses of artificial intelligence for pupils and educators.(C) Pupil and educator data privacy and data security.(D) Parent and guardian access to pupil information.(E) Procurement of software that ensures the safety and privacy of pupils and educators and their data.(F) Effective use of artificial intelligence to support, and avoid risk to, teaching and learning.(G) Effective practices to support, and avoid risk to, educators and pupils.(H) Strategies to ensure that artificial intelligence does not exacerbate existing inequities in the education system.(I) Professional development strategies for educators on the use of artificial intelligence.(5) Identify other ways in which the state can support educators in developing and sharing effective practices that minimize risk and maximize benefits to pupils and educators, including, but not limited to, establishing communities of practice on the use of artificial intelligence in education.(6) On or before January 1, 2027, submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, presenting the assessment required by paragraph (1) and any findings or recommendations related to the assessment.(e) The department shall post on its internet website the guidance developed pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) and the model policy for local educational agencies and charter schools developed pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d).(f) The working group shall be subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(g) The working group shall be dissolved upon submission of the report required by paragraph (6) of subdivision (d) to the Legislature.(h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.
1+Enrolled August 30, 2024 Passed IN Senate August 28, 2024 Passed IN Assembly August 26, 2024 Amended IN Assembly July 03, 2024 Amended IN Assembly June 26, 2024 Amended IN Senate May 16, 2024 Amended IN Senate April 15, 2024 Amended IN Senate March 21, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1288Introduced by Senator Becker(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Muratsuchi)(Coauthor: Senator Dodd)(Coauthor: Assembly Member Berman)February 15, 2024An act to add and repeal Section 33328.5 of the Education Code, relating to public schools. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1288, Becker. Public schools: artificial intelligence working group. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish procedures within the State Department of Education to, among other things, annually identify the critical needs for which effective educational programs and practices are to be identified, developed, and disseminated to public schools.This bill would require the Superintendent to convene a working group, composed as provided, for specific purposes related to artificial intelligence in public schools, as specified. The bill would require, among other things, the working group to develop, on or before January 1, 2026, guidance for school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools on the safe use of artificial intelligence in education, and to, on or before July 1, 2026, develop a model policy for those local educational agencies regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, pupils and educators, as provided. The bill would require the working group to, on or before January 1, 2027, report its findings and recommendations to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, as provided. The bill would dissolve the working group upon submission of that report, and would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2031.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is an urgent need for state guidance and locally adopted policies regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in education to benefit and protect pupils and educators.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the use of artificial intelligence technology-enabled teaching and learning practices are in coordination with, rather than a replacement of, educators.SEC. 2. Section 33328.5 is added to the Education Code, immediately following Section 33328, to read:33328.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Artificial intelligence means an engineered or machine-based system that varies in its level of autonomy and that can, for explicit or implicit objectives, infer, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments.(2) Educator means a certificated or classified employee of a local educational agency or charter school.(3) Local educational agency means a school district or county office of education.(b) The Superintendent shall convene a working group for all of the following purposes:(1) Developing guidance on the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not harm, pupils and educators.(2) Developing a model policy, reflecting available research, for local educational agencies and charter schools regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, educational quality, pupil critical thinking and writing skills, creativity, and the essential work of educators.(3) Identifying other ways in which the state can support educators in developing and sharing effective practices involving artificial intelligence that minimize risk and maximize benefits to pupils and educators.(c) (1) The working group shall include all of the following:(A) Current, credentialed public school teachers serving in elementary and secondary teaching positions.(B) Classified public school staff.(C) Schoolsite administrators.(D) School district or county office of education administrators.(E) University and community college faculty, including academics with expertise in artificial intelligence and its uses in education.(F) Representatives of private sector business or industry, with expertise in artificial intelligence and its uses in education.(G) Pupils enrolled in public school.(2) At least one-half of the workgroup shall be composed of current, credentialed public school teachers serving in elementary and secondary teaching positions with knowledge of the use of artificial intelligence in education.(d) The working group shall do all of the following:(1) (A) Assess the current and future state of artificial intelligence use in education, including both of the following:(i) The current state of artificial intelligence used by local educational agencies and charter schools, including all of the following:(I) Technologies most commonly in use.(II) The typical cost of those technologies.(III) The ownership structure of those technologies.(IV) The ownership structure of pupil- and employee-created materials.(V) The licensing agreements for those technologies.(VI) The ability to access source code for those technologies.(VII) The degree to which educators were involved in the decision to use artificial intelligence.(VIII) Artificial intelligence as a topic of instruction in developing class content.(ii) Anticipated and potential developments in artificial intelligence technology in education.(B) (i) Conduct at least three public meetings to incorporate feedback from pupils, families, and relevant stakeholders into the assessment required by subparagraph (A).(ii) Public meetings held pursuant to clause (i) may be held by teleconference, pursuant to the procedures required by Section 11123 of the Government Code, for the benefit of the public and the working group.(2) (A) Detail current uses of artificial intelligence in education settings including through the identification of all of the following:(i) Examples of human-centered artificial intelligence that aid, further, and improve teaching and learning, including in ways that do not exacerbate existing inequities, and the work of educators.(ii) Examples of human replacement artificial intelligence that could negatively impact pupil development, jeopardize pupil data security, or risk the jobs of educators.(iii) Examples of strategies to ensure that there are opportunities for stakeholders to offer meaningful feedback before any given form of artificial intelligence is introduced to pupils or educators.(B) In performing the work required by this subdivision, the working group shall solicit input from educators and pupils on their experience using the technologies identified in subparagraph (A).(3) On or before January 1, 2026, develop guidance for local educational agencies and charter schools on the safe use of artificial intelligence in education that addresses all of the following:(A) Academic integrity and plagiarism.(B) Acceptable and unacceptable uses of artificial intelligence for pupils and educators.(C) Pupil and educator data privacy and data security.(D) Parent and guardian access to information that pupils enter into artificial intelligence systems.(E) Procurement of software that ensures the safety and privacy of pupils and educators, and the protection of their data.(4) On or before July 1, 2026, develop a model policy for local educational agencies and charter schools regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, pupils and educators. This policy shall include all of the following topics:(A) Academic integrity and plagiarism.(B) Acceptable and unacceptable uses of artificial intelligence for pupils and educators.(C) Pupil and educator data privacy and data security.(D) Parent and guardian access to pupil information.(E) Procurement of software that ensures the safety and privacy of pupils and educators and their data.(F) Effective use of artificial intelligence to support, and avoid risk to, teaching and learning.(G) Effective practices to support, and avoid risk to, educators and pupils.(H) Strategies to ensure that artificial intelligence does not exacerbate existing inequities in the education system.(I) Professional development strategies for educators on the use of artificial intelligence.(5) Identify other ways in which the state can support educators in developing and sharing effective practices that minimize risk and maximize benefits to pupils and educators, including, but not limited to, establishing communities of practice on the use of artificial intelligence in education.(6) On or before January 1, 2027, submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, presenting the assessment required by paragraph (1) and any findings or recommendations related to the assessment.(e) The department shall post on its internet website the guidance developed pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) and the model policy for local educational agencies and charter schools developed pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d).(f) The working group shall be subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(g) The working group shall be dissolved upon submission of the report required by paragraph (6) of subdivision (d) to the Legislature.(h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.
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3- Senate Bill No. 1288 CHAPTER 893An act to add and repeal Section 33328.5 of the Education Code, relating to public schools. [ Approved by Governor September 28, 2024. Filed with Secretary of State September 28, 2024. ] LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1288, Becker. Public schools: artificial intelligence working group. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish procedures within the State Department of Education to, among other things, annually identify the critical needs for which effective educational programs and practices are to be identified, developed, and disseminated to public schools.This bill would require the Superintendent to convene a working group, composed as provided, for specific purposes related to artificial intelligence in public schools, as specified. The bill would require, among other things, the working group to develop, on or before January 1, 2026, guidance for school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools on the safe use of artificial intelligence in education, and to, on or before July 1, 2026, develop a model policy for those local educational agencies regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, pupils and educators, as provided. The bill would require the working group to, on or before January 1, 2027, report its findings and recommendations to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, as provided. The bill would dissolve the working group upon submission of that report, and would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2031.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
3+ Enrolled August 30, 2024 Passed IN Senate August 28, 2024 Passed IN Assembly August 26, 2024 Amended IN Assembly July 03, 2024 Amended IN Assembly June 26, 2024 Amended IN Senate May 16, 2024 Amended IN Senate April 15, 2024 Amended IN Senate March 21, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1288Introduced by Senator Becker(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Muratsuchi)(Coauthor: Senator Dodd)(Coauthor: Assembly Member Berman)February 15, 2024An act to add and repeal Section 33328.5 of the Education Code, relating to public schools. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1288, Becker. Public schools: artificial intelligence working group. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish procedures within the State Department of Education to, among other things, annually identify the critical needs for which effective educational programs and practices are to be identified, developed, and disseminated to public schools.This bill would require the Superintendent to convene a working group, composed as provided, for specific purposes related to artificial intelligence in public schools, as specified. The bill would require, among other things, the working group to develop, on or before January 1, 2026, guidance for school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools on the safe use of artificial intelligence in education, and to, on or before July 1, 2026, develop a model policy for those local educational agencies regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, pupils and educators, as provided. The bill would require the working group to, on or before January 1, 2027, report its findings and recommendations to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, as provided. The bill would dissolve the working group upon submission of that report, and would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2031.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
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5+ Enrolled August 30, 2024 Passed IN Senate August 28, 2024 Passed IN Assembly August 26, 2024 Amended IN Assembly July 03, 2024 Amended IN Assembly June 26, 2024 Amended IN Senate May 16, 2024 Amended IN Senate April 15, 2024 Amended IN Senate March 21, 2024
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2135 Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish procedures within the State Department of Education to, among other things, annually identify the critical needs for which effective educational programs and practices are to be identified, developed, and disseminated to public schools.This bill would require the Superintendent to convene a working group, composed as provided, for specific purposes related to artificial intelligence in public schools, as specified. The bill would require, among other things, the working group to develop, on or before January 1, 2026, guidance for school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools on the safe use of artificial intelligence in education, and to, on or before July 1, 2026, develop a model policy for those local educational agencies regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, pupils and educators, as provided. The bill would require the working group to, on or before January 1, 2027, report its findings and recommendations to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, as provided. The bill would dissolve the working group upon submission of that report, and would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2031.
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2337 Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish procedures within the State Department of Education to, among other things, annually identify the critical needs for which effective educational programs and practices are to be identified, developed, and disseminated to public schools.
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2539 This bill would require the Superintendent to convene a working group, composed as provided, for specific purposes related to artificial intelligence in public schools, as specified. The bill would require, among other things, the working group to develop, on or before January 1, 2026, guidance for school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools on the safe use of artificial intelligence in education, and to, on or before July 1, 2026, develop a model policy for those local educational agencies regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, pupils and educators, as provided. The bill would require the working group to, on or before January 1, 2027, report its findings and recommendations to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, as provided. The bill would dissolve the working group upon submission of that report, and would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2031.
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3145 The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is an urgent need for state guidance and locally adopted policies regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in education to benefit and protect pupils and educators.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the use of artificial intelligence technology-enabled teaching and learning practices are in coordination with, rather than a replacement of, educators.SEC. 2. Section 33328.5 is added to the Education Code, immediately following Section 33328, to read:33328.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Artificial intelligence means an engineered or machine-based system that varies in its level of autonomy and that can, for explicit or implicit objectives, infer, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments.(2) Educator means a certificated or classified employee of a local educational agency or charter school.(3) Local educational agency means a school district or county office of education.(b) The Superintendent shall convene a working group for all of the following purposes:(1) Developing guidance on the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not harm, pupils and educators.(2) Developing a model policy, reflecting available research, for local educational agencies and charter schools regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, educational quality, pupil critical thinking and writing skills, creativity, and the essential work of educators.(3) Identifying other ways in which the state can support educators in developing and sharing effective practices involving artificial intelligence that minimize risk and maximize benefits to pupils and educators.(c) (1) The working group shall include all of the following:(A) Current, credentialed public school teachers serving in elementary and secondary teaching positions.(B) Classified public school staff.(C) Schoolsite administrators.(D) School district or county office of education administrators.(E) University and community college faculty, including academics with expertise in artificial intelligence and its uses in education.(F) Representatives of private sector business or industry, with expertise in artificial intelligence and its uses in education.(G) Pupils enrolled in public school.(2) At least one-half of the workgroup shall be composed of current, credentialed public school teachers serving in elementary and secondary teaching positions with knowledge of the use of artificial intelligence in education.(d) The working group shall do all of the following:(1) (A) Assess the current and future state of artificial intelligence use in education, including both of the following:(i) The current state of artificial intelligence used by local educational agencies and charter schools, including all of the following:(I) Technologies most commonly in use.(II) The typical cost of those technologies.(III) The ownership structure of those technologies.(IV) The ownership structure of pupil- and employee-created materials.(V) The licensing agreements for those technologies.(VI) The ability to access source code for those technologies.(VII) The degree to which educators were involved in the decision to use artificial intelligence.(VIII) Artificial intelligence as a topic of instruction in developing class content.(ii) Anticipated and potential developments in artificial intelligence technology in education.(B) (i) Conduct at least three public meetings to incorporate feedback from pupils, families, and relevant stakeholders into the assessment required by subparagraph (A).(ii) Public meetings held pursuant to clause (i) may be held by teleconference, pursuant to the procedures required by Section 11123 of the Government Code, for the benefit of the public and the working group.(2) (A) Detail current uses of artificial intelligence in education settings including through the identification of all of the following:(i) Examples of human-centered artificial intelligence that aid, further, and improve teaching and learning, including in ways that do not exacerbate existing inequities, and the work of educators.(ii) Examples of human replacement artificial intelligence that could negatively impact pupil development, jeopardize pupil data security, or risk the jobs of educators.(iii) Examples of strategies to ensure that there are opportunities for stakeholders to offer meaningful feedback before any given form of artificial intelligence is introduced to pupils or educators.(B) In performing the work required by this subdivision, the working group shall solicit input from educators and pupils on their experience using the technologies identified in subparagraph (A).(3) On or before January 1, 2026, develop guidance for local educational agencies and charter schools on the safe use of artificial intelligence in education that addresses all of the following:(A) Academic integrity and plagiarism.(B) Acceptable and unacceptable uses of artificial intelligence for pupils and educators.(C) Pupil and educator data privacy and data security.(D) Parent and guardian access to information that pupils enter into artificial intelligence systems.(E) Procurement of software that ensures the safety and privacy of pupils and educators, and the protection of their data.(4) On or before July 1, 2026, develop a model policy for local educational agencies and charter schools regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, pupils and educators. This policy shall include all of the following topics:(A) Academic integrity and plagiarism.(B) Acceptable and unacceptable uses of artificial intelligence for pupils and educators.(C) Pupil and educator data privacy and data security.(D) Parent and guardian access to pupil information.(E) Procurement of software that ensures the safety and privacy of pupils and educators and their data.(F) Effective use of artificial intelligence to support, and avoid risk to, teaching and learning.(G) Effective practices to support, and avoid risk to, educators and pupils.(H) Strategies to ensure that artificial intelligence does not exacerbate existing inequities in the education system.(I) Professional development strategies for educators on the use of artificial intelligence.(5) Identify other ways in which the state can support educators in developing and sharing effective practices that minimize risk and maximize benefits to pupils and educators, including, but not limited to, establishing communities of practice on the use of artificial intelligence in education.(6) On or before January 1, 2027, submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, presenting the assessment required by paragraph (1) and any findings or recommendations related to the assessment.(e) The department shall post on its internet website the guidance developed pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) and the model policy for local educational agencies and charter schools developed pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d).(f) The working group shall be subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(g) The working group shall be dissolved upon submission of the report required by paragraph (6) of subdivision (d) to the Legislature.(h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.
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3751 SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is an urgent need for state guidance and locally adopted policies regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in education to benefit and protect pupils and educators.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the use of artificial intelligence technology-enabled teaching and learning practices are in coordination with, rather than a replacement of, educators.
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3953 SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is an urgent need for state guidance and locally adopted policies regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in education to benefit and protect pupils and educators.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the use of artificial intelligence technology-enabled teaching and learning practices are in coordination with, rather than a replacement of, educators.
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4155 SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is an urgent need for state guidance and locally adopted policies regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in education to benefit and protect pupils and educators.
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4559 (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the use of artificial intelligence technology-enabled teaching and learning practices are in coordination with, rather than a replacement of, educators.
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4761 SEC. 2. Section 33328.5 is added to the Education Code, immediately following Section 33328, to read:33328.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Artificial intelligence means an engineered or machine-based system that varies in its level of autonomy and that can, for explicit or implicit objectives, infer, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments.(2) Educator means a certificated or classified employee of a local educational agency or charter school.(3) Local educational agency means a school district or county office of education.(b) The Superintendent shall convene a working group for all of the following purposes:(1) Developing guidance on the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not harm, pupils and educators.(2) Developing a model policy, reflecting available research, for local educational agencies and charter schools regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, educational quality, pupil critical thinking and writing skills, creativity, and the essential work of educators.(3) Identifying other ways in which the state can support educators in developing and sharing effective practices involving artificial intelligence that minimize risk and maximize benefits to pupils and educators.(c) (1) The working group shall include all of the following:(A) Current, credentialed public school teachers serving in elementary and secondary teaching positions.(B) Classified public school staff.(C) Schoolsite administrators.(D) School district or county office of education administrators.(E) University and community college faculty, including academics with expertise in artificial intelligence and its uses in education.(F) Representatives of private sector business or industry, with expertise in artificial intelligence and its uses in education.(G) Pupils enrolled in public school.(2) At least one-half of the workgroup shall be composed of current, credentialed public school teachers serving in elementary and secondary teaching positions with knowledge of the use of artificial intelligence in education.(d) The working group shall do all of the following:(1) (A) Assess the current and future state of artificial intelligence use in education, including both of the following:(i) The current state of artificial intelligence used by local educational agencies and charter schools, including all of the following:(I) Technologies most commonly in use.(II) The typical cost of those technologies.(III) The ownership structure of those technologies.(IV) The ownership structure of pupil- and employee-created materials.(V) The licensing agreements for those technologies.(VI) The ability to access source code for those technologies.(VII) The degree to which educators were involved in the decision to use artificial intelligence.(VIII) Artificial intelligence as a topic of instruction in developing class content.(ii) Anticipated and potential developments in artificial intelligence technology in education.(B) (i) Conduct at least three public meetings to incorporate feedback from pupils, families, and relevant stakeholders into the assessment required by subparagraph (A).(ii) Public meetings held pursuant to clause (i) may be held by teleconference, pursuant to the procedures required by Section 11123 of the Government Code, for the benefit of the public and the working group.(2) (A) Detail current uses of artificial intelligence in education settings including through the identification of all of the following:(i) Examples of human-centered artificial intelligence that aid, further, and improve teaching and learning, including in ways that do not exacerbate existing inequities, and the work of educators.(ii) Examples of human replacement artificial intelligence that could negatively impact pupil development, jeopardize pupil data security, or risk the jobs of educators.(iii) Examples of strategies to ensure that there are opportunities for stakeholders to offer meaningful feedback before any given form of artificial intelligence is introduced to pupils or educators.(B) In performing the work required by this subdivision, the working group shall solicit input from educators and pupils on their experience using the technologies identified in subparagraph (A).(3) On or before January 1, 2026, develop guidance for local educational agencies and charter schools on the safe use of artificial intelligence in education that addresses all of the following:(A) Academic integrity and plagiarism.(B) Acceptable and unacceptable uses of artificial intelligence for pupils and educators.(C) Pupil and educator data privacy and data security.(D) Parent and guardian access to information that pupils enter into artificial intelligence systems.(E) Procurement of software that ensures the safety and privacy of pupils and educators, and the protection of their data.(4) On or before July 1, 2026, develop a model policy for local educational agencies and charter schools regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, pupils and educators. This policy shall include all of the following topics:(A) Academic integrity and plagiarism.(B) Acceptable and unacceptable uses of artificial intelligence for pupils and educators.(C) Pupil and educator data privacy and data security.(D) Parent and guardian access to pupil information.(E) Procurement of software that ensures the safety and privacy of pupils and educators and their data.(F) Effective use of artificial intelligence to support, and avoid risk to, teaching and learning.(G) Effective practices to support, and avoid risk to, educators and pupils.(H) Strategies to ensure that artificial intelligence does not exacerbate existing inequities in the education system.(I) Professional development strategies for educators on the use of artificial intelligence.(5) Identify other ways in which the state can support educators in developing and sharing effective practices that minimize risk and maximize benefits to pupils and educators, including, but not limited to, establishing communities of practice on the use of artificial intelligence in education.(6) On or before January 1, 2027, submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, presenting the assessment required by paragraph (1) and any findings or recommendations related to the assessment.(e) The department shall post on its internet website the guidance developed pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) and the model policy for local educational agencies and charter schools developed pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d).(f) The working group shall be subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(g) The working group shall be dissolved upon submission of the report required by paragraph (6) of subdivision (d) to the Legislature.(h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.
4862
4963 SEC. 2. Section 33328.5 is added to the Education Code, immediately following Section 33328, to read:
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5165 ### SEC. 2.
5266
5367 33328.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Artificial intelligence means an engineered or machine-based system that varies in its level of autonomy and that can, for explicit or implicit objectives, infer, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments.(2) Educator means a certificated or classified employee of a local educational agency or charter school.(3) Local educational agency means a school district or county office of education.(b) The Superintendent shall convene a working group for all of the following purposes:(1) Developing guidance on the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not harm, pupils and educators.(2) Developing a model policy, reflecting available research, for local educational agencies and charter schools regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, educational quality, pupil critical thinking and writing skills, creativity, and the essential work of educators.(3) Identifying other ways in which the state can support educators in developing and sharing effective practices involving artificial intelligence that minimize risk and maximize benefits to pupils and educators.(c) (1) The working group shall include all of the following:(A) Current, credentialed public school teachers serving in elementary and secondary teaching positions.(B) Classified public school staff.(C) Schoolsite administrators.(D) School district or county office of education administrators.(E) University and community college faculty, including academics with expertise in artificial intelligence and its uses in education.(F) Representatives of private sector business or industry, with expertise in artificial intelligence and its uses in education.(G) Pupils enrolled in public school.(2) At least one-half of the workgroup shall be composed of current, credentialed public school teachers serving in elementary and secondary teaching positions with knowledge of the use of artificial intelligence in education.(d) The working group shall do all of the following:(1) (A) Assess the current and future state of artificial intelligence use in education, including both of the following:(i) The current state of artificial intelligence used by local educational agencies and charter schools, including all of the following:(I) Technologies most commonly in use.(II) The typical cost of those technologies.(III) The ownership structure of those technologies.(IV) The ownership structure of pupil- and employee-created materials.(V) The licensing agreements for those technologies.(VI) The ability to access source code for those technologies.(VII) The degree to which educators were involved in the decision to use artificial intelligence.(VIII) Artificial intelligence as a topic of instruction in developing class content.(ii) Anticipated and potential developments in artificial intelligence technology in education.(B) (i) Conduct at least three public meetings to incorporate feedback from pupils, families, and relevant stakeholders into the assessment required by subparagraph (A).(ii) Public meetings held pursuant to clause (i) may be held by teleconference, pursuant to the procedures required by Section 11123 of the Government Code, for the benefit of the public and the working group.(2) (A) Detail current uses of artificial intelligence in education settings including through the identification of all of the following:(i) Examples of human-centered artificial intelligence that aid, further, and improve teaching and learning, including in ways that do not exacerbate existing inequities, and the work of educators.(ii) Examples of human replacement artificial intelligence that could negatively impact pupil development, jeopardize pupil data security, or risk the jobs of educators.(iii) Examples of strategies to ensure that there are opportunities for stakeholders to offer meaningful feedback before any given form of artificial intelligence is introduced to pupils or educators.(B) In performing the work required by this subdivision, the working group shall solicit input from educators and pupils on their experience using the technologies identified in subparagraph (A).(3) On or before January 1, 2026, develop guidance for local educational agencies and charter schools on the safe use of artificial intelligence in education that addresses all of the following:(A) Academic integrity and plagiarism.(B) Acceptable and unacceptable uses of artificial intelligence for pupils and educators.(C) Pupil and educator data privacy and data security.(D) Parent and guardian access to information that pupils enter into artificial intelligence systems.(E) Procurement of software that ensures the safety and privacy of pupils and educators, and the protection of their data.(4) On or before July 1, 2026, develop a model policy for local educational agencies and charter schools regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, pupils and educators. This policy shall include all of the following topics:(A) Academic integrity and plagiarism.(B) Acceptable and unacceptable uses of artificial intelligence for pupils and educators.(C) Pupil and educator data privacy and data security.(D) Parent and guardian access to pupil information.(E) Procurement of software that ensures the safety and privacy of pupils and educators and their data.(F) Effective use of artificial intelligence to support, and avoid risk to, teaching and learning.(G) Effective practices to support, and avoid risk to, educators and pupils.(H) Strategies to ensure that artificial intelligence does not exacerbate existing inequities in the education system.(I) Professional development strategies for educators on the use of artificial intelligence.(5) Identify other ways in which the state can support educators in developing and sharing effective practices that minimize risk and maximize benefits to pupils and educators, including, but not limited to, establishing communities of practice on the use of artificial intelligence in education.(6) On or before January 1, 2027, submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, presenting the assessment required by paragraph (1) and any findings or recommendations related to the assessment.(e) The department shall post on its internet website the guidance developed pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) and the model policy for local educational agencies and charter schools developed pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d).(f) The working group shall be subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(g) The working group shall be dissolved upon submission of the report required by paragraph (6) of subdivision (d) to the Legislature.(h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.
5468
5569 33328.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Artificial intelligence means an engineered or machine-based system that varies in its level of autonomy and that can, for explicit or implicit objectives, infer, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments.(2) Educator means a certificated or classified employee of a local educational agency or charter school.(3) Local educational agency means a school district or county office of education.(b) The Superintendent shall convene a working group for all of the following purposes:(1) Developing guidance on the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not harm, pupils and educators.(2) Developing a model policy, reflecting available research, for local educational agencies and charter schools regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, educational quality, pupil critical thinking and writing skills, creativity, and the essential work of educators.(3) Identifying other ways in which the state can support educators in developing and sharing effective practices involving artificial intelligence that minimize risk and maximize benefits to pupils and educators.(c) (1) The working group shall include all of the following:(A) Current, credentialed public school teachers serving in elementary and secondary teaching positions.(B) Classified public school staff.(C) Schoolsite administrators.(D) School district or county office of education administrators.(E) University and community college faculty, including academics with expertise in artificial intelligence and its uses in education.(F) Representatives of private sector business or industry, with expertise in artificial intelligence and its uses in education.(G) Pupils enrolled in public school.(2) At least one-half of the workgroup shall be composed of current, credentialed public school teachers serving in elementary and secondary teaching positions with knowledge of the use of artificial intelligence in education.(d) The working group shall do all of the following:(1) (A) Assess the current and future state of artificial intelligence use in education, including both of the following:(i) The current state of artificial intelligence used by local educational agencies and charter schools, including all of the following:(I) Technologies most commonly in use.(II) The typical cost of those technologies.(III) The ownership structure of those technologies.(IV) The ownership structure of pupil- and employee-created materials.(V) The licensing agreements for those technologies.(VI) The ability to access source code for those technologies.(VII) The degree to which educators were involved in the decision to use artificial intelligence.(VIII) Artificial intelligence as a topic of instruction in developing class content.(ii) Anticipated and potential developments in artificial intelligence technology in education.(B) (i) Conduct at least three public meetings to incorporate feedback from pupils, families, and relevant stakeholders into the assessment required by subparagraph (A).(ii) Public meetings held pursuant to clause (i) may be held by teleconference, pursuant to the procedures required by Section 11123 of the Government Code, for the benefit of the public and the working group.(2) (A) Detail current uses of artificial intelligence in education settings including through the identification of all of the following:(i) Examples of human-centered artificial intelligence that aid, further, and improve teaching and learning, including in ways that do not exacerbate existing inequities, and the work of educators.(ii) Examples of human replacement artificial intelligence that could negatively impact pupil development, jeopardize pupil data security, or risk the jobs of educators.(iii) Examples of strategies to ensure that there are opportunities for stakeholders to offer meaningful feedback before any given form of artificial intelligence is introduced to pupils or educators.(B) In performing the work required by this subdivision, the working group shall solicit input from educators and pupils on their experience using the technologies identified in subparagraph (A).(3) On or before January 1, 2026, develop guidance for local educational agencies and charter schools on the safe use of artificial intelligence in education that addresses all of the following:(A) Academic integrity and plagiarism.(B) Acceptable and unacceptable uses of artificial intelligence for pupils and educators.(C) Pupil and educator data privacy and data security.(D) Parent and guardian access to information that pupils enter into artificial intelligence systems.(E) Procurement of software that ensures the safety and privacy of pupils and educators, and the protection of their data.(4) On or before July 1, 2026, develop a model policy for local educational agencies and charter schools regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, pupils and educators. This policy shall include all of the following topics:(A) Academic integrity and plagiarism.(B) Acceptable and unacceptable uses of artificial intelligence for pupils and educators.(C) Pupil and educator data privacy and data security.(D) Parent and guardian access to pupil information.(E) Procurement of software that ensures the safety and privacy of pupils and educators and their data.(F) Effective use of artificial intelligence to support, and avoid risk to, teaching and learning.(G) Effective practices to support, and avoid risk to, educators and pupils.(H) Strategies to ensure that artificial intelligence does not exacerbate existing inequities in the education system.(I) Professional development strategies for educators on the use of artificial intelligence.(5) Identify other ways in which the state can support educators in developing and sharing effective practices that minimize risk and maximize benefits to pupils and educators, including, but not limited to, establishing communities of practice on the use of artificial intelligence in education.(6) On or before January 1, 2027, submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, presenting the assessment required by paragraph (1) and any findings or recommendations related to the assessment.(e) The department shall post on its internet website the guidance developed pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) and the model policy for local educational agencies and charter schools developed pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d).(f) The working group shall be subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(g) The working group shall be dissolved upon submission of the report required by paragraph (6) of subdivision (d) to the Legislature.(h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.
5670
5771 33328.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Artificial intelligence means an engineered or machine-based system that varies in its level of autonomy and that can, for explicit or implicit objectives, infer, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments.(2) Educator means a certificated or classified employee of a local educational agency or charter school.(3) Local educational agency means a school district or county office of education.(b) The Superintendent shall convene a working group for all of the following purposes:(1) Developing guidance on the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not harm, pupils and educators.(2) Developing a model policy, reflecting available research, for local educational agencies and charter schools regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, educational quality, pupil critical thinking and writing skills, creativity, and the essential work of educators.(3) Identifying other ways in which the state can support educators in developing and sharing effective practices involving artificial intelligence that minimize risk and maximize benefits to pupils and educators.(c) (1) The working group shall include all of the following:(A) Current, credentialed public school teachers serving in elementary and secondary teaching positions.(B) Classified public school staff.(C) Schoolsite administrators.(D) School district or county office of education administrators.(E) University and community college faculty, including academics with expertise in artificial intelligence and its uses in education.(F) Representatives of private sector business or industry, with expertise in artificial intelligence and its uses in education.(G) Pupils enrolled in public school.(2) At least one-half of the workgroup shall be composed of current, credentialed public school teachers serving in elementary and secondary teaching positions with knowledge of the use of artificial intelligence in education.(d) The working group shall do all of the following:(1) (A) Assess the current and future state of artificial intelligence use in education, including both of the following:(i) The current state of artificial intelligence used by local educational agencies and charter schools, including all of the following:(I) Technologies most commonly in use.(II) The typical cost of those technologies.(III) The ownership structure of those technologies.(IV) The ownership structure of pupil- and employee-created materials.(V) The licensing agreements for those technologies.(VI) The ability to access source code for those technologies.(VII) The degree to which educators were involved in the decision to use artificial intelligence.(VIII) Artificial intelligence as a topic of instruction in developing class content.(ii) Anticipated and potential developments in artificial intelligence technology in education.(B) (i) Conduct at least three public meetings to incorporate feedback from pupils, families, and relevant stakeholders into the assessment required by subparagraph (A).(ii) Public meetings held pursuant to clause (i) may be held by teleconference, pursuant to the procedures required by Section 11123 of the Government Code, for the benefit of the public and the working group.(2) (A) Detail current uses of artificial intelligence in education settings including through the identification of all of the following:(i) Examples of human-centered artificial intelligence that aid, further, and improve teaching and learning, including in ways that do not exacerbate existing inequities, and the work of educators.(ii) Examples of human replacement artificial intelligence that could negatively impact pupil development, jeopardize pupil data security, or risk the jobs of educators.(iii) Examples of strategies to ensure that there are opportunities for stakeholders to offer meaningful feedback before any given form of artificial intelligence is introduced to pupils or educators.(B) In performing the work required by this subdivision, the working group shall solicit input from educators and pupils on their experience using the technologies identified in subparagraph (A).(3) On or before January 1, 2026, develop guidance for local educational agencies and charter schools on the safe use of artificial intelligence in education that addresses all of the following:(A) Academic integrity and plagiarism.(B) Acceptable and unacceptable uses of artificial intelligence for pupils and educators.(C) Pupil and educator data privacy and data security.(D) Parent and guardian access to information that pupils enter into artificial intelligence systems.(E) Procurement of software that ensures the safety and privacy of pupils and educators, and the protection of their data.(4) On or before July 1, 2026, develop a model policy for local educational agencies and charter schools regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, pupils and educators. This policy shall include all of the following topics:(A) Academic integrity and plagiarism.(B) Acceptable and unacceptable uses of artificial intelligence for pupils and educators.(C) Pupil and educator data privacy and data security.(D) Parent and guardian access to pupil information.(E) Procurement of software that ensures the safety and privacy of pupils and educators and their data.(F) Effective use of artificial intelligence to support, and avoid risk to, teaching and learning.(G) Effective practices to support, and avoid risk to, educators and pupils.(H) Strategies to ensure that artificial intelligence does not exacerbate existing inequities in the education system.(I) Professional development strategies for educators on the use of artificial intelligence.(5) Identify other ways in which the state can support educators in developing and sharing effective practices that minimize risk and maximize benefits to pupils and educators, including, but not limited to, establishing communities of practice on the use of artificial intelligence in education.(6) On or before January 1, 2027, submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, presenting the assessment required by paragraph (1) and any findings or recommendations related to the assessment.(e) The department shall post on its internet website the guidance developed pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) and the model policy for local educational agencies and charter schools developed pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d).(f) The working group shall be subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(g) The working group shall be dissolved upon submission of the report required by paragraph (6) of subdivision (d) to the Legislature.(h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.
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5973
6074
6175 33328.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
6276
6377 (1) Artificial intelligence means an engineered or machine-based system that varies in its level of autonomy and that can, for explicit or implicit objectives, infer, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments.
6478
6579 (2) Educator means a certificated or classified employee of a local educational agency or charter school.
6680
6781 (3) Local educational agency means a school district or county office of education.
6882
6983 (b) The Superintendent shall convene a working group for all of the following purposes:
7084
7185 (1) Developing guidance on the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not harm, pupils and educators.
7286
7387 (2) Developing a model policy, reflecting available research, for local educational agencies and charter schools regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, educational quality, pupil critical thinking and writing skills, creativity, and the essential work of educators.
7488
7589 (3) Identifying other ways in which the state can support educators in developing and sharing effective practices involving artificial intelligence that minimize risk and maximize benefits to pupils and educators.
7690
7791 (c) (1) The working group shall include all of the following:
7892
7993 (A) Current, credentialed public school teachers serving in elementary and secondary teaching positions.
8094
8195 (B) Classified public school staff.
8296
8397 (C) Schoolsite administrators.
8498
8599 (D) School district or county office of education administrators.
86100
87101 (E) University and community college faculty, including academics with expertise in artificial intelligence and its uses in education.
88102
89103 (F) Representatives of private sector business or industry, with expertise in artificial intelligence and its uses in education.
90104
91105 (G) Pupils enrolled in public school.
92106
93107 (2) At least one-half of the workgroup shall be composed of current, credentialed public school teachers serving in elementary and secondary teaching positions with knowledge of the use of artificial intelligence in education.
94108
95109 (d) The working group shall do all of the following:
96110
97111 (1) (A) Assess the current and future state of artificial intelligence use in education, including both of the following:
98112
99113 (i) The current state of artificial intelligence used by local educational agencies and charter schools, including all of the following:
100114
101115 (I) Technologies most commonly in use.
102116
103117 (II) The typical cost of those technologies.
104118
105119 (III) The ownership structure of those technologies.
106120
107121 (IV) The ownership structure of pupil- and employee-created materials.
108122
109123 (V) The licensing agreements for those technologies.
110124
111125 (VI) The ability to access source code for those technologies.
112126
113127 (VII) The degree to which educators were involved in the decision to use artificial intelligence.
114128
115129 (VIII) Artificial intelligence as a topic of instruction in developing class content.
116130
117131 (ii) Anticipated and potential developments in artificial intelligence technology in education.
118132
119133 (B) (i) Conduct at least three public meetings to incorporate feedback from pupils, families, and relevant stakeholders into the assessment required by subparagraph (A).
120134
121135 (ii) Public meetings held pursuant to clause (i) may be held by teleconference, pursuant to the procedures required by Section 11123 of the Government Code, for the benefit of the public and the working group.
122136
123137 (2) (A) Detail current uses of artificial intelligence in education settings including through the identification of all of the following:
124138
125139 (i) Examples of human-centered artificial intelligence that aid, further, and improve teaching and learning, including in ways that do not exacerbate existing inequities, and the work of educators.
126140
127141 (ii) Examples of human replacement artificial intelligence that could negatively impact pupil development, jeopardize pupil data security, or risk the jobs of educators.
128142
129143 (iii) Examples of strategies to ensure that there are opportunities for stakeholders to offer meaningful feedback before any given form of artificial intelligence is introduced to pupils or educators.
130144
131145 (B) In performing the work required by this subdivision, the working group shall solicit input from educators and pupils on their experience using the technologies identified in subparagraph (A).
132146
133147 (3) On or before January 1, 2026, develop guidance for local educational agencies and charter schools on the safe use of artificial intelligence in education that addresses all of the following:
134148
135149 (A) Academic integrity and plagiarism.
136150
137151 (B) Acceptable and unacceptable uses of artificial intelligence for pupils and educators.
138152
139153 (C) Pupil and educator data privacy and data security.
140154
141155 (D) Parent and guardian access to information that pupils enter into artificial intelligence systems.
142156
143157 (E) Procurement of software that ensures the safety and privacy of pupils and educators, and the protection of their data.
144158
145159 (4) On or before July 1, 2026, develop a model policy for local educational agencies and charter schools regarding the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in ways that benefit, and do not negatively impact, pupils and educators. This policy shall include all of the following topics:
146160
147161 (A) Academic integrity and plagiarism.
148162
149163 (B) Acceptable and unacceptable uses of artificial intelligence for pupils and educators.
150164
151165 (C) Pupil and educator data privacy and data security.
152166
153167 (D) Parent and guardian access to pupil information.
154168
155169 (E) Procurement of software that ensures the safety and privacy of pupils and educators and their data.
156170
157171 (F) Effective use of artificial intelligence to support, and avoid risk to, teaching and learning.
158172
159173 (G) Effective practices to support, and avoid risk to, educators and pupils.
160174
161175 (H) Strategies to ensure that artificial intelligence does not exacerbate existing inequities in the education system.
162176
163177 (I) Professional development strategies for educators on the use of artificial intelligence.
164178
165179 (5) Identify other ways in which the state can support educators in developing and sharing effective practices that minimize risk and maximize benefits to pupils and educators, including, but not limited to, establishing communities of practice on the use of artificial intelligence in education.
166180
167181 (6) On or before January 1, 2027, submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, presenting the assessment required by paragraph (1) and any findings or recommendations related to the assessment.
168182
169183 (e) The department shall post on its internet website the guidance developed pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) and the model policy for local educational agencies and charter schools developed pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d).
170184
171185 (f) The working group shall be subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
172186
173187 (g) The working group shall be dissolved upon submission of the report required by paragraph (6) of subdivision (d) to the Legislature.
174188
175189 (h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.