https://edictai.org/states/il/feed.xml 2026-07-10T00:00:00Z Edictai https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-sb-2909 2026-07-10T00:00:00Z

Became law. Bars teacher evaluators from using AI tools to assign scores or ratings in a teacher's evaluation and bars teachers from using AI to generate evidence of professional practice for their evaluations, while allowing AI for administrative tasks. Evaluators and teachers must disclose the name and purpose of any AI tool they use. Takes effect January 1, 2027.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-isbe-ai-guidance 2026-07-09T00:00:00Z

Current. Statewide, non-mandatory guidance from the Illinois State Board of Education on AI use in prekindergarten through grade 12, developed under Public Act 104-0399 with a blue-ribbon advisory panel. It frames AI as a means to inform teaching and learning that keeps the teacher-student relationship central, and offers districts tools, model policy resources, and case studies on instruction, AI literacy, data privacy, and local decision-making.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-hjr-50 2026-07-01T00:00:00Z

In committee. Directs the Professional Review Panel and the Illinois State Board of Education to analyze and model the current and potential impacts of artificial intelligence and related technologies on the cost factors in the evidence-based school funding model, and to report to the General Assembly and Governor by December 31, 2027.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-hb-862 2026-06-16T00:00:00Z

Became law. Omnibus state government act that creates, dissolves, and renames funds and amends the Human Rights Act and other laws. Among its changes, it amends the School Code bullying section to add definitions of artificial intelligence and unauthorized digital replica.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-sb-416 2026-05-31T00:00:00Z

Passed one chamber. Requires each school board to adopt, by the 2027-2028 school year, an AI technology policy that prohibits teachers from using AI tools to assign scores or grades for tasks requiring professional judgment and requires district approval of any AI model used with students or student work, with a list of approved models provided to schools each year.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-sb-2927 2026-05-22T00:00:00Z

In committee. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, with the Department of Labor, to study strategies to protect jobs at risk from artificial intelligence. The study must include proposed policy changes related to workforce development, educational systems, and research opportunities for colleges and universities.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-sb-3492 2026-05-22T00:00:00Z

In committee. Authorizes the State Board of Education, subject to appropriation, to provide statewide guidance to school districts on workforce development curriculum or programming with best practices for teaching artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and other emerging technologies. Requires the State Board to review technology-focused workforce curricula and programs in other states.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-sb-3502 2026-05-22T00:00:00Z

In committee. Creates product liability rules for developers and deployers of high-impact and generative artificial intelligence systems, covering defective design, inadequate warnings, and breach of express warranty. High-impact systems are tied to consequential decisions, defined to include decisions significantly affecting an individual's access to education.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-sb-3590 2026-05-22T00:00:00Z

In committee. Creates product liability rules for developers and deployers of high-impact and generative artificial intelligence systems, covering defective design, inadequate warnings, and breach of express warranty. High-impact systems are tied to consequential decisions, defined to include decisions significantly affecting an individual's access to education.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-sb-3735 2026-05-22T00:00:00Z

In committee. Creates the Student Educational Technologies Rights Act giving students and parents rights to opt out of certain educational technologies, request human teacher review of grades generated by AI or automated scoring, and opt out of predictive analytics. Restricts school biometric systems and amends the Student Online Personal Protection Act to limit operators' AI training on students' covered information.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-hb-5760 2026-05-05T00:00:00Z

In committee. Creates the Commission on Artificial Intelligence and Workforce Transition to direct State agency assessments of generative and frontier AI's impact on industries, occupations, and workers and to recommend changes to workforce development, education, and related programs. Designated agencies include the community college and higher education boards and the State Board of Education, which addresses career and technical education pathways and educator AI literacy.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-hb-4674 2026-03-27T00:00:00Z

In committee. Amends the School Code's bullying provisions to require escalating interventions for persistent bullying and investigations after a student's death by suicide. Adds definitions of artificial intelligence and unauthorized digital replica to the school bullying section.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-hb-4945 2026-03-27T00:00:00Z

In committee. Authorizes the State Board of Education, subject to appropriation, to provide statewide guidance to school districts on workforce development curriculum or programming with best practices for teaching artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and other emerging technologies. Requires the State Board to review technology-focused workforce curricula and programs in other states.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-hb-5113 2026-03-27T00:00:00Z

In committee. Requires the State Board of Education to establish an Artificial-Intelligence Use in Education Commission to recommend best practices and policies for smartphone and AI use in schools, including model policies on student use of generative AI in and out of the classroom. The commission files reports twice a year and dissolves after its fourth report; the section is repealed January 1, 2030.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-sr-610 2026-02-05T00:00:00Z

In committee. Supports Illinois ASCD/PD365 principles on ethical and effective AI use in K-12 classrooms and urges the Illinois State Board of Education to develop statewide guidelines for responsible AI use in education, covering student data protection, algorithmic transparency, bias monitoring, and AI literacy in curricula. Encourages investment in educator professional development and equitable access to technology.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-hb-4411 2026-01-14T00:00:00Z

In committee. Would require students entering 9th grade in the 2028-2029 school year and later to complete one year of high school computer science and artificial intelligence to graduate, create an introductory computer science teaching endorsement for grades 5-12, and require school boards to report K-8 computer science course data to the State Board of Education.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-hb-1859 2025-08-15T00:00:00Z

Became law. Amends the Public Community College Act so that a community college course may not use artificial intelligence as the sole source of instruction in place of a qualified faculty member. Faculty may still use AI to augment instruction. Takes effect January 1, 2026.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-hb-3851 2025-08-15T00:00:00Z

Became law. Amends the School Code's bullying provisions so that, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, cyber-bullying also includes posting or distributing an unauthorized digital replica of a person (a digital replica used without the depicted person's consent) when it causes the harms listed in the definition of bullying. Takes effect July 1, 2026.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-sb-1920 2025-08-15T00:00:00Z

Became law. Requires the Illinois State Board of Education to develop and publish statewide guidance on the use of artificial intelligence in K-12 education by July 1, 2026, covering AI concepts, classroom and district uses, bias, student data privacy, AI literacy, and support for special populations, and allows the State Superintendent to convene an advisory council. It also adds AI-generated false depictions, including sexually explicit images and videos, to the recommended topics for Internet safety instruction, alongside unrelated provisions on American Sign Language resources and educator testing.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-hb-3503 2025-06-02T00:00:00Z

Passed one chamber. Requires the State Board of Education to review all mandated units of study when new learning standards are adopted or every 10 years, including an assessment of new areas such as digital citizenship and artificial intelligence that may warrant inclusion. Requires a public report with recommendations and follow-up action plans and educator professional development as needed.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-hb-2503 2025-04-23T00:00:00Z

In committee. Requires the State Board of Education to establish a State Instructional Technology Advisory Board and, with it, to set standards for AI technologies used in schools, evaluate commonly used AI tools and publish the results, and issue annual guidance for districts and educators on AI use and AI literacy with professional development. Adds AI use to annual district technology reports and safe and responsible AI use to the Internet safety curriculum.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-sb-1556 2025-04-11T00:00:00Z

In committee. Requires the State Board of Education to establish a State Instructional Technology Advisory Board and, with it, to set standards for AI technologies used in schools, evaluate and publish results for commonly used AI tools, and issue annual guidance for districts and educators on AI use with professional development. Adds AI use to annual district technology reports.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-sb-1677 2025-04-11T00:00:00Z

In committee. Amends the School Code's teacher evaluation provisions to prohibit evaluators from using artificial intelligence tools to perform teacher evaluation tasks, including transcription.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-sb-2203 2025-04-11T00:00:00Z

In committee. Creates the Automated Decision Tools Act, requiring deployers of AI-based automated decision tools used for consequential decisions, including education decisions such as assessment, cheating detection, admissions, and financial aid, to perform annual impact assessments, notify affected persons, and maintain governance programs. Bars deployers from using tools that result in algorithmic discrimination.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-hb-2655 2025-03-21T00:00:00Z

In committee. Requires the Board of Higher Education to report within 18 months on AI education and development in public and private institutions of higher education, including existing and planned AI programs and courses, research, and recommendations on a State-funded grant program for AI learning labs, virtual platforms, and tools for K-12 teachers. The section is repealed after two years.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2025-2026-sb-2117 2025-02-26T00:00:00Z

In committee. Adds duties to the Generative AI and Natural Language Processing Task Force on State agency procurement and use of generative AI, adds the Chief Procurement Officer as a member, and requires a report addendum by December 31, 2026. The task force, whose members include education officials, teachers, and principals, also recommends model policies for schools on student use of generative AI.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2023-2024-hb-5399 2024-05-31T00:00:00Z

In committee. Requires the Board of Higher Education to report to the General Assembly within six months on the state of artificial intelligence education and development in public and private institutions of higher education, including existing and planned AI academic programs and courses.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2023-2024-hb-299 2024-05-22T00:00:00Z

Passed one chamber. Amends the School Code's bullying prevention provisions to define artificial intelligence, generative AI, and digital replicas and, per its synopsis, to include posting or distributing digital replicas and sexually explicit images in cyber-bullying beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2023-2024-hb-5848 2024-05-15T00:00:00Z

In committee. Amends the School Code's bullying prevention provisions so that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, cyber-bullying includes distributing or posting a digital replica of an individual engaged in an activity they did not engage in, including sexually explicit depictions. Defines artificial intelligence, digital replica, and generative artificial intelligence.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2023-2024-hb-4625 2024-04-05T00:00:00Z

In committee. Requires all school districts, with guidance and standards from the State Board of Education, to give students developmentally appropriate digital literacy instruction beginning in elementary school, including AI literacy. AI literacy instruction must cover what generative AI is, ethics and responsibilities in its use, age-appropriate use, and how AI impacts the world.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2023-2024-hb-5322 2024-04-05T00:00:00Z

In committee. Creates the Illinois Commercial Algorithmic Impact Assessments Act, requiring deployers and developers of AI-based automated decision tools used for consequential decisions, including education decisions such as assessment, cheating detection, admissions, and financial aid, to complete annual impact assessments that address risks of algorithmic discrimination.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2023-2024-hb-5639 2024-04-05T00:00:00Z

In committee. Amends the Generative AI and Natural Language Processing Task Force to add a second member appointed by the Speaker of the House. The task force, which includes education officials, teachers, and principals, is responsible for recommending model policies for schools on student use of generative AI in the classroom.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2023-2024-hb-5116 2024-02-08T00:00:00Z

In committee. Creates the Automated Decision Tools Act, requiring deployers of AI-based automated decision tools used for consequential decisions, including education decisions such as assessment, cheating detection, admissions, and financial aid, to perform annual impact assessments, notify affected persons, and maintain governance programs. Bars deployers from using tools that result in algorithmic discrimination.

https://edictai.org/states/il/#us-il-2023-2024-hb-3563 2023-08-04T00:00:00Z

Became law. Created the Generative AI and Natural Language Processing Task Force within the Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology to study generative AI and report to the Governor and General Assembly by December 31, 2024. Its duties included recommending model policies for schools on student use of generative AI in the classroom, and its members included the State Superintendent of Education, teachers, and principals.