How Is This Bill Enforced
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(s) 1 The agency shall prohibit the use of artificial intelligence to score a constructed response on an assessment instrument administered under this section or an assessment system developed under Section 39.027(e).
This new subsection directs the Texas Education Agency to prohibit the use of artificial intelligence to score constructed responses on any assessment instrument administered under § 39.023 or any assessment system developed under § 39.027(e). The prohibition is categorical — it applies to all constructed-response scoring on covered assessments, with no exceptions for human-in-the-loop configurations, pilot programs, or particular grade levels. The bill does not define artificial intelligence or constructed response, leaving those terms to TEA interpretation and rulemaking.
Because the duty runs to the agency rather than to a private party, the obligation is best understood as a government-directed prohibition on a specific AI use case in public education assessment. Testing vendors contracting with TEA would be affected operationally, but the statutory command is to the agency itself.
This Act applies beginning with the 2026-2027 school year.
This section establishes that the prohibition on AI scoring of constructed responses applies beginning with the 2026–2027 school year. This is an applicability provision that does not create a standalone compliance obligation.
This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the legislative session.
The Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the legislative session. This is a standard effective-date provision that does not create a standalone compliance obligation.