2025
Kentucky Department of Education guidance brief from its Office of Education Technology that urges districts to treat AI like other emerging technologies, emphasizing consistency, balance, and normalization, and offers guiding questions on data privacy, tool vetting, and reviewing AI output. It sets out the department's principles for responsible AI governance under the KETS Master Plan and is offered as an example for districts writing their own AI policies.
Provisions
- Introduction (p. 4)The brief is offered as an example for districts creating their own AI use and integration policies.
- Record ID
- us-ky-kde-ai-guidance-brief
- Issuer
- Kentucky Department of Education
- Updated
- Dec 2025
- Level
- K-12
- Topics
- ai-literacy, educator-training, instructional-use, local-policy-requirement, student-privacy
2024
Establishes the Artificial Intelligence in Kentucky's Schools project under the Department of Education, which must issue and regularly update guidelines on AI in school administration, instruction, academic standards, local policies, and teacher preparation, and requires annual AI training for certified school employees and school council and board members. Establishes the Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education project, under which the Council on Postsecondary Education creates an AI working group and guidelines, and institutions form working groups, maintain AI policies, and report annually.
Provisions
- Section 1(3)The Department of Education must issue recommended guidelines on AI in school administration, instruction, standards, policies, and teacher preparation.
- Section 1, professional development subsection, par. (c)Each certified school employee must complete an annual AI training starting in 2024-2025.
- Section 2(3)The Council on Postsecondary Education must establish an AI working group to advise institutions.
- Section 2(5)Each postsecondary institution must maintain AI policies.
Latest action: 3 Jan 2024 — to Education (S)
- Record ID
- us-ky-2024-sb-52
- Session
- 2024
- Introduced
- 2 Jan 2024
- Level
- K-12, Higher ed
- Topics
- curriculum-standards, educator-training, institutional-operations, instructional-use, local-policy-requirement, task-force
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| Record | Requires AI literacy instruction | Adds AI to content standards or frameworks | Creates an AI course or graduation requirement | Requires districts or institutions to adopt an AI policy | Directs an agency to issue guidance or a model policy | Requires or funds educator AI professional development | Adds AI to educator preparation or licensure | Restricts AI vendors' use of student data | Prohibits AI from replacing licensed educators | Limits or bans AI tools in instruction | Sets academic integrity rules for AI use | Regulates AI in grading, testing, or proctoring | Sets procurement or vetting standards for AI tools | Addresses deepfakes involving students or staff | Protections for minors using AI chatbots | Creates a task force, council, or study | Appropriates funding, creates a grant program, or sets grant priorities | Creates an AI workforce, pathway, or credential program | Regulates AI in admissions decisions | Requires disclosure of AI use to students or families | Requires bias review or equitable access | Count |
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| KDE Artificial Intelligence Guidance Brief | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SB 52 AN ACT relating to technology in education and declaring an emergency | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Records with this provision |
| Date | Record | Action (as recorded) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Jan 2024 | SB 52 | to Education (S) |
| 2 Jan 2024 | SB 52 | introduced in Senate |
| 2 Jan 2024 | SB 52 | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| Body | Type | ID | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Department of Education | K-12 agency | us-ky-k12-agency | 1 |
| Kentucky General Assembly | Legislature | us-ky-legislature | 1 |
| Kentucky Community and Technical College System | Higher-ed agency | us-ky-higher-ed-agency-2 | 0 |
| Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education | Higher-ed agency | us-ky-higher-ed-agency | 0 |
| Office of the Governor of Kentucky | Governor's office | us-ky-governor | 0 |