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Artificial intelligence professional development for public school teachers (Session Law 2026-41, section 7.39(m)-(q))
N.C. Sess. Law 2026-41, s. 7.39(m)-(q)
In force since .
An AI sector rules rule binding government bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Governance, Reporting
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- As the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University, design, produce, and support implementation of a suite of tool-agnostic online training modules and related training resources on AI for educators, addressing at least AI fundamentals, responsible instructional use, verification and quality control, academic integrity, data privacy and security, bias, accessible usage with special populations, and ethical use and professional responsibility.
- Produce at least a suite of self-paced modules requiring a minimum of 10 hours of seat time, a facilitator guide for administrators in each public school unit, model classroom resources for teachers, and a train-the-trainer package for public school unit professional learning staff.
- Make all resources available to the Department of Public Instruction for distribution to public school units by .
- As a teacher employed by a local school administrative unit, a charter school, or a laboratory school, complete the professional development provided under section 7.39(m) through (o) of S.L. 2026-41 by .
- As the Department of Public Instruction, report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by , on the number of modules delivered and implemented, educator participation, recommended updates to the professional learning, and any additional supports needed.
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
Section 7.39(m) through (q) requires training modules, teacher completion of the training and a report to the legislature; it states no duty to create or keep a log of an AI system's operation.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Section 7.39 of Session Law 2026-41 requires the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University to design, produce, and support implementation of a suite of tool-agnostic online training modules and related training resources on artificial intelligence for educators.
The modules and resources must address at least AI fundamentals for educators, responsible instructional use of AI, verification and quality control, academic integrity and assessment redesign, data privacy and security, bias in AI systems, accessible usage with special populations, and ethical use and professional responsibility for educators.
The Friday Institute must produce at least a suite of self-paced modules requiring a minimum of 10 hours of seat time, a facilitator guide for administrators in each public school unit, model classroom resources for teachers, and a train-the-trainer package for public school unit professional learning staff. All resources developed under subsection (n) of section 7.39 must be made available to the Department of Public Instruction for distribution to public school units by .
All teachers employed by local school administrative units, charter schools, or laboratory schools must complete the professional development provided under subsections (m) through (o) of section 7.39 by .
The Department of Public Instruction must report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by , on the number of modules delivered and implemented, educator participation in the modules, recommended updates to the professional learning, and any additional supports needed for continuing implementation.
Session Law 2026-41 became effective on under section 45.8 of the act, which provides that, except as otherwise provided, the act becomes effective on that day.
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