WHAT THIS BILL REGULATES · 4 REQUIREMENT TYPES
How Is This Bill Enforced
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(a)(1)–(2) 1 The department shall establish the following: (1) Guidelines for creating a school corporation or charter school artificial intelligence policy. (2) A model school artificial intelligence policy.
(a)(3) 2 An inventory of artificial intelligence platforms that: (A) is representative of available artificial intelligence platforms and includes at least twenty (20) platforms; (B) includes a classification by the department as to whether the platforms are supported or discouraged for use in a school; (C) is updated annually; and (D) is entitled "Indiana Department of Education AI Technology Resource Inventory".
(b) 2 The department shall establish a process and review by which teachers and school administrators may submit an artificial intelligence platform for inclusion in the inventory established under subsection (a)(3).
(c) 1 The guidelines established by the department under subsection (a)(1) must include the following: (1) Information regarding the growing role of artificial intelligence platforms in the world, including in education. (2) The factors the department used in determining the classifications of artificial intelligence platforms in the inventory described in subsection (a)(3). (3) An inventory, including a description, of artificial intelligence platform resources available to students and teachers. (4) Disclosure requirements for students concerning the use of artificial intelligence platforms on school assignments. (5) Recommendations on restricting or prohibiting the use of artificial intelligence platforms by students. (6) For artificial intelligence platforms included in the inventory established by the department under subsection (a)(3), the: (A) proper and improper use by students and teachers of the artificial intelligence platforms, including examples of proper and improper use; and (B) privacy policies regarding the artificial intelligence platforms.
(d) 3 The department shall do the following: (1) Conduct a survey of teachers and students from urban, suburban, and rural school corporations and charter schools regarding the following: (A) Use and usefulness of specific artificial intelligence platforms. (B) Teacher and student experiences using specific artificial intelligence platforms. (C) Whether the training to use specific artificial intelligence platforms was effective. (D) The impact of artificial intelligence platforms on student learning and teaching practices and instruction. (2) Prepare a report each year that summarizes the information from the survey conducted under subdivision (1). (3) Not later than November 1 of each year, submit the report prepared under subdivision (2) to the following: (A) The governor. (B) The legislative council in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6. (C) The members of the artificial intelligence task force established by IC 2-5-53.7-4 in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6. This clause expires December 31, 2027.
(e) 4 The department shall publish artificial intelligence educational materials for students and parents of students on the department's website.
This section directs the Indiana Department of Education to create the infrastructure for school AI governance. It requires the department to establish guidelines for school AI policies, publish a model policy, and maintain a publicly titled inventory of at least twenty AI platforms classified as supported or discouraged for school use. The department must also create a submission process for teachers and administrators to nominate platforms for the inventory.
The section further requires the department to conduct annual surveys of teachers and students from urban, suburban, and rural schools on AI platform use and effectiveness, prepare annual summary reports, and submit those reports by November 1 each year to the governor, legislative council, and the AI task force (with the task force reporting expiring December 31, 2027). Finally, the department must publish AI educational materials for students and parents on its website.
(a) 5 Each school corporation and charter school shall adopt a policy regarding artificial intelligence that includes the following: (1) Any restrictions or prohibitions by the school corporation or charter school on the use of artificial intelligence platforms by students. (2) An inventory of artificial intelligence platforms approved for student use by the school corporation or charter school. (3) A method and process for allowing teachers to report the use of artificial intelligence platforms in: (A) violation of the policy adopted under this section; or (B) a manner that was not permitted by the teacher: (i) for the applicable assignment; or (ii) in the teacher's classroom. (4) For a high school of a school corporation or a charter high school, a formal review process for reports received under subdivision (3). (5) Disclosure requirements for students concerning the use of artificial intelligence platforms on school assignments.
(b) 6 Each school corporation and charter school shall do the following: (1) Post the policy adopted under subsection (a) on the website of the school corporation or charter school. (2) Clearly communicate the policy to students of the school corporation or charter school.
This section imposes direct obligations on every school corporation and charter school in Indiana to adopt, publish, and communicate a formal artificial intelligence policy. The required policy must address restrictions on student AI platform use, maintain an inventory of approved platforms, establish a teacher-reporting process for unauthorized AI use, include a formal review process at the high school level, and set disclosure requirements for students using AI on assignments.
The publication obligation is twofold: the policy must be posted on the school's website and clearly communicated to students. This ensures both public accessibility and actual student awareness of the rules governing AI use in their school.
7 A school corporation, charter school, or employee of a school corporation or charter school may not penalize a student based solely on evidence provided by an artificial intelligence detector.
This section prohibits school corporations, charter schools, and their employees from penalizing a student based solely on evidence provided by an AI detector. The prohibition recognizes the known unreliability of AI-generated-content detection tools and requires that any disciplinary action for suspected AI misuse in schoolwork be supported by evidence beyond the detector output alone. This is a student due-process protection that limits reliance on automated tools in academic-integrity adjudication.