WHAT THIS BILL REGULATES · 1 REQUIREMENT TYPE
How Is This Bill Enforced
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1 An evaluator is prohibited from using an artificial intelligence tool to assign a numerical score or qualitative rating, such as "excellent", "proficient", "need improvement", or "unsatisfactory", for any component of a teacher's evaluation or any evaluation task that requires professional judgment. However, an artificial intelligence tool may be used to support the evaluator in administrative tasks.
2 A teacher is prohibited from using an artificial intelligence tool to generate evidence of professional practice that will be used by an evaluator to evaluate the teacher's performance. However, an artificial intelligence tool may be used by a teacher to support the teacher in administrative tasks.
3 The joint committee under subsection (b-5) of Section 24A-4 shall determine how artificial intelligence tools may be used in accordance with paragraphs (a) through (o). If an evaluator uses an artificial intelligence tool, the name and specific purpose of the artificial intelligence tool must be disclosed to the teacher being evaluated. If a teacher uses an artificial intelligence tool, the name and specific purpose of the artificial intelligence tool must be disclosed to the evaluator evaluating the teacher.
Nothing in this Section or Section 24A-4 shall be construed as preventing immediate dismissal of a teacher for deficiencies which are deemed irremediable or for actions which are injurious to or endanger the health or person of students in the classroom or school, or preventing the dismissal or non-renewal of teachers not in contractual continued service for any reason not prohibited by applicable employment, labor, and civil rights laws. Failure to strictly comply with the time requirements contained in Section 24A-5 shall not invalidate the results of the remediation plan.
This section amends the existing teacher evaluation plan requirements to add three new AI-specific provisions. First, evaluators are categorically prohibited from using artificial intelligence tools to assign scores or ratings for any evaluation component that requires professional judgment — the prohibition covers both numerical scores and the statutory qualitative ratings (excellent, proficient, needs improvement, unsatisfactory). An express carve-out permits evaluators to use AI for administrative tasks. Second, teachers are prohibited from using AI to generate evidence of professional practice that will be submitted for evaluation, with a parallel carve-out for administrative tasks. Third, when either party does use an AI tool, mutual disclosure of the tool's name and specific purpose is required. A joint committee under Section 24A-4 is charged with determining how AI tools may be used within the evaluation framework established by subsections (a) through (o).
The bill does not define artificial intelligence tool, leaving interpretation to the joint committee and existing administrative processes. No new enforcement mechanism, penalty, or private right of action is created; compliance would be governed by the existing School Code administrative framework.