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School and university artificial intelligence use policy duty (Tennessee Public Chapter 550, 2024)
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-2-203(a) and Title 49, Chs. 7 and 13 (Pub. Ch. 550, 2024)
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
- If you are a Tennessee local board of education, adopt a policy regarding the use of artificial intelligence by students, teachers, and staff for instructional and assignment purposes, and implement it in schools no later than the 2024-2025 school year (Tenn. Code Ann. 49-2-203(a), as amended by section 2 of Public Chapter 550).
- By , and by each July 1 thereafter, report to the department of education on your compliance with that policy duty, including the adopted policy and how you will enforce the policy in the upcoming school year (Tenn. Code Ann. 49-2-203(a)).
- If you are the governing body of a Tennessee public charter school, adopt a policy regarding the use of artificial intelligence by students, teachers, and staff for instructional and assignment purposes, implement it in each public charter school no later than the 2024-2025 school year, and report to the department of education on your compliance by , and by each July 1 thereafter (section 3 of Public Chapter 550, Title 49, Chapter 13).
- If you are the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, the board of regents, or a local governing board of trustees of a state university, adopt a policy regarding the use of artificial intelligence by students, faculty, and staff for instructional and assignment purposes, and implement it no later than (section 1 of Public Chapter 550, Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1).
- Post the adopted higher education policy on the institution's website and submit it to the chair of the education committee of the Senate and the chair of the education administration committee of the House of Representatives no later than (section 1 of Public Chapter 550).
- If a higher education governing board fails to adopt and submit the policy, appear before the joint government operations committee no later than 60 days after , to report on the board's noncompliance (section 1 of Public Chapter 550).
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Logging duty
Public Chapter 550 requires each school and higher education governing body to adopt a policy on the use of artificial intelligence, a local board and a charter school body to report their policy and its enforcement each year, and a higher education board to post its policy, and states no duty to create or keep a record of that use.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Senate Bill 1711 of the 113th General Assembly was assigned Public Chapter 550 of 2024. Public Chapter 550 amended Title 49 of the Tennessee Code Annotated relative to artificial intelligence. Public Chapter 550 took effect on .
Public Chapter 550 requires the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, the board of regents, each local governing board of trustees of a state university, each local board of education, and the governing body of each public charter school to adopt a policy regarding the use of artificial intelligence technology by students, faculty, and staff for instructional and assignment purposes.
A local board of education must implement its policy in schools no later than the 2024-2025 school year. By , and by each July 1 thereafter, a local board of education must report to the department of education on its compliance with the policy duty. The report must include the adopted policy and describe how the board will enforce the policy in the upcoming school year.
The governing body of a public charter school must implement its policy in each public charter school no later than the 2024-2025 school year. By , and by each July 1 thereafter, the governing body of a public charter school must report to the department of education on its compliance with the policy duty.
The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, the board of regents, and each local governing board of trustees of a state university must implement its policy no later than . The Uniform Administrative Procedures Act does not apply to a policy adopted by one of those higher education governing boards.
Each of those higher education governing boards must post its adopted policy on the institution's website and submit it to the chair of the education committee of the Senate and the chair of the education administration committee of the House of Representatives no later than .
A higher education governing board that fails to adopt and submit its policy must appear before the joint government operations committee no later than 60 days after , to report on its noncompliance.
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