SB 52 — AN ACT relating to technology in education and declaring an emergency.

Summary

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to make legislative findings and declarations and establish the Artificial Intelligence in Kentucky's Schools project, establish requirements for the Kentucky Department of Education to implement the project, require the department to design professional development trainings related to artificial intelligence, establish professional development requirement for teachers, administrators, school council members, and school board members, require the trainings be made available to nonpublic schools, require school districts to adopt policies and procedures related to artificial intelligence, require school districts to submit annual report to the department, allow nonpublic schools to voluntarily submit a report, require the department to compile the individual reports and submit a statewide report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education and the Legislative Oversight and Investigations Committee; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to make legislative findings and declarations and establish the Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education project, require the Council on Postsecondary Education to establish an Artificial Intelligence Working Group to provide advice and information to the state's postsecondary institutions, establish membership of working group, require the council to develop guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence in postsecondary education, require each public postsecondary institution and each institution licensed by the council to establish institution-level working groups to develop recommendations for the institution's governing board related to artificial intelligence, require institutions to adopt artificial intelligence policies, require each public postsecondary institution and each institution licensed by the council to submit an annual report to the council on artificial intelligence, require the council to compile the individual reports and submit a statewide report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education and the Legislative Oversight and Investigations Committee; amend KRS 156.660 to include computer programming and artificial intelligence in the definition of "technology"; amend KRS 156.670 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to establish a Council for Education Technology to assist in development of the education technology master plan, establish membership requirements of the council, require the council to assist the department in development of the plan and the approved plan be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission, require the five year plan to include guidelines for the implementation and use of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence at both the state and district levels, require the council to develop recommendations related to emerging technology like artificial intelligence, including recommendations related to academic standards and teacher preparation program standards, and submit those to the Kentucky Board of Education or the Education Professional Standards Board; create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to establish academic standards related to instruction of computer science that address emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop guidelines to assist school districts and schools in developing curriculum to implement the academic standards; amend KRS 161.028 to require the Education Professional Standards Board to set standards for education preparation programs that address the use of emerging technology, including artificial intelligence; amend KRS 157.615 to conform; EMERGENCY.

Bill Text

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The bill establishes a framework for the integration of artificial intelligence in Kentucky's public education system, including training for educators and guidelines for its use.

• KRS 156.095

  Starting with the 2024-2025 school year, each certified school employee shall complete one (1) of the annual trainings established in this subsection. A school district or school council may use the training toward satisfying the requirements of KRS 156.095.

  Certified school employees will now be required to complete annual training on artificial intelligence, which can count toward existing professional development requirements.

• KRS 160.180

  D. A local board or school council member may use the training to satisfy the local board training requirements under KRS 160.180.

  Local board members will be able to count the new artificial intelligence training toward their existing training requirements.

• KRS 160.345

  D. A local board or school council member may use the training to satisfy the school council training requirements under KRS 160.345.

  School council members will be able to use the artificial intelligence training to meet their training requirements.

• The Artificial Intelligence in Kentucky's Schools project is hereby established to be supervised by the Kentucky Department of Education to provide for the implementation and monitoring of artificial intelligence in the Commonwealth's public schools.

  Establishes a project aimed at overseeing the integration of artificial intelligence in public schools.

• By July 1, 2024, the Kentucky Department of Education shall establish recommended initial guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence in school administration; the use of artificial intelligence in instruction and classroom management; the inclusion of artificial intelligence in academic standards; school and local board policies addressing the use of artificial intelligence by students and staff; and the inclusion of artificial intelligence in the standards of teacher preparation programs.

  Mandates the creation of guidelines to govern the use of artificial intelligence in various aspects of the education system.

• By August 1, 2024, each school district shall implement policies and procedures for the appropriate inclusion of artificial intelligence in school instruction. The policies shall include any necessary updates to the code of acceptable behavior and discipline required under KRS 158.148.

  Requires school districts to develop and implement policies regarding the use of artificial intelligence, including updates to behavior codes.

Action History

1. January 03, 2024

   to Education (S)

2. January 02, 2024

   to Committee on Committees (S)

3. January 02, 2024

   introduced in Senate

Sponsors

• Reginald L. Thomas · Primary
• Amanda Mays Bledsoe · Primary
• D. Yates · Primary

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