2025
Creates an Emerging Technologies Workforce Training Trust Fund that provides grants to institutions of higher education, vocational technical schools, and workforce training organizations for training programs in blockchain, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and renewable energy, along with scholarships and internships in those fields.
Provisions
- Sec. 1, new G.L. c. 29, §2KKKKKK(c)(i)The fund makes grants to higher education institutions and vocational technical schools to develop AI and other emerging-technology training programs.
Latest action: 1 Dec 2025 — Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
- Record ID
- us-ma-2025-2026-h-3983
- Session
- 2025-2026
- Introduced
- 3 Apr 2025
- Level
- K-12, Higher ed
- Topics
- funding, workforce
Regulates developers and deployers of high-risk artificial intelligence systems that make or substantially factor into consequential decisions, including education enrollment or opportunities. Requires documentation, impact assessments, and measures against algorithmic discrimination.
Provisions
- Sec. 1, definition of consequential decisionEducation enrollment and opportunity decisions are consequential decisions, so AI systems used in them are high-risk and subject to algorithmic discrimination duties.
Latest action: 24 Dec 2025 — Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
- Record ID
- us-ma-2025-2026-h-97
- Session
- 2025-2026
- Introduced
- 27 Feb 2025
- Level
- K-12, Higher ed
- Topics
- equity-access
Requires the commissioner of elementary and secondary education to issue and annually publish guidelines for school districts and charter schools on student and educator use of artificial intelligence, covering benefits and limitations, safe use, equity implications, and factors for setting local AI policies, after at least three public hearings.
Provisions
- Sec. 1, G.L. c. 69, §1AThe commissioner must issue guidelines for districts and charter schools on AI use by students and educators.
- Sec. 1, G.L. c. 69, §1AThe guidance must address factors schools should weigh when setting AI use policies.
- Sec. 1, G.L. c. 69, §1AThe guidance must cover the equity implications of classroom AI use.
Latest action: 9 Feb 2026 — Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026
- Record ID
- us-ma-2025-2026-h-614
- Session
- 2025-2026
- Introduced
- 27 Feb 2025
- Level
- K-12
- Topics
- equity-access, instructional-use, local-policy-requirement
Creates an AI accountability and consumer protection chapter that treats AI systems materially influencing consequential decisions, including education opportunities, as high-risk. Requires developers and deployers to address algorithmic discrimination, notify consumers, explain decisions, and offer appeals, enforced by the attorney general.
Provisions
- Sec. 1, new c. 93M, §1(3)AI systems that materially influence education opportunities are high-risk and subject to algorithmic discrimination duties.
Latest action: 24 Dec 2025 — Accompanied H97
- Record ID
- us-ma-2025-2026-h-94
- Session
- 2025-2026
- Introduced
- 27 Feb 2025
- Level
- K-12, Higher ed
- Topics
- equity-access
Creates a commission within the executive office of education to study the use of AI in education, survey uses of generative AI and automated decision systems in school systems, and recommend guidelines for ethical AI use in teaching and learning, data protection, plagiarism policies, watermarking, and equitable AI use.
Provisions
- Sec. 1, new c. 69A(b)Establishes a commission to study and make recommendations on AI use in education, including guidelines for educators and student use.
Latest action: 4 Dec 2025 — Accompanied a study order, see S2792
- Record ID
- us-ma-2025-2026-s-429
- Session
- 2025-2026
- Introduced
- 27 Feb 2025
- Level
- K-12
- Topics
- academic-integrity, equity-access, instructional-use, student-privacy, task-force
2024
Recommendations from an AI Task Force convened by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education with ISTE+ASCD in summer and fall 2024. Developed through an equity lens, it recommends state actions in three areas: resource creation and curation, professional development, and policy supports for districts.
- Record ID
- us-ma-dese-integrating-ai-task-force-recommendations
- Issuer
- Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Published
- Dec 2024
- Level
- K-12
- Topics
- educator-training, equity-access, local-policy-requirement, task-force
Directs the Office of the Child Advocate, consulting the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and others, to create an educational diversion program on sexting that covers the responsible use of generative artificial intelligence, with materials made available to school districts. Directs the department to encourage districts to teach media literacy using content from that program.
Provisions
- Sec. 1, new G.L. c. 18C, §15(a)(iv)The sexting diversion curriculum for adolescents must cover responsible use of generative AI and image digitization tools, and its materials go to school districts.
Latest action: 22 Mar 2024 — See H4241
- Record ID
- us-ma-2023-2024-s-2710
- Session
- 2023-2024
- Introduced
- 21 Mar 2024
- Level
- K-12
- Topics
- ai-literacy, synthetic-media
Governor Maura Healey's order creating an AI Strategic Task Force, led by the secretaries of economic development and technology services, to study AI's impact on the state, including on higher education institutions, and advise the Governor. Members include higher education representatives, and objectives include assessing AI's workforce impacts and training needs.
Provisions
- Section 3Establishes the AI Strategic Task Force to study AI and generative AI and their impact on the state, including higher education institutions, and to report recommendations to the Governor.
- Record ID
- us-ma-eo-629
- Issuer
- Office of the Governor of Massachusetts
- Signed
- 15 Feb 2024
- Level
- Higher ed
- Topics
- task-force, workforce
Undated
Guidance from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, developed with its AI Task Force and ISTE+ASCD, to help district leaders create or refine local AI guidance and policies. It sets core principles for AI use, including data privacy and security, an implementation framework and self-assessment for districts, and a summary of legal foundations covering student privacy, civil rights, procurement, and deepfakes.
Provisions
- Core Principles for AI Use in Massachusetts SchoolsRecommends core principles that districts adopt to anchor local AI policy and guidance development.
- Legal Foundations for AI Use (p. 29)Advises that districts approve only AI tools vetted through a data privacy agreement process and that vendor contracts address AI capabilities, data practices, and legal compliance.
- Record ID
- us-ma-dese-ai-guidance
- Issuer
- Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Level
- K-12
- Topics
- academic-integrity, ai-literacy, data-governance, educator-training, equity-access, instructional-use, local-policy-requirement, procurement, student-privacy, synthetic-media
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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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| H 3983 Relative to establishing a workforce training trust fund for emerging technologies | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| H 97 Protecting consumers in interactions with artificial intelligence systems | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| H 614 Relative to issuing guidance regarding setting policies for the use of AI in schools | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| H 94 To ensure accountability and transparency in artificial intelligence systems | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S 429 To establish a commission to investigate AI in education | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S 2710 Site Information & Links | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 629 Establishing an Artificial Intelligence Strategic Task Force | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| DESE Massachusetts Guidance for Artificial Intelligence in K-12 Education | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Records with this provision |
| Date | Record | Action (as recorded) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Feb 2026 | H 614 | Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026 |
| 24 Dec 2025 | H 97 | Accompanied by H94 |
| 24 Dec 2025 | H 97 | Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means |
| 24 Dec 2025 | H 94 | Accompanied H97 |
| 4 Dec 2025 | S 429 | Accompanied a study order, see S2792 |
| 1 Dec 2025 | H 3983 | Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means |
| 29 Oct 2025 | H 614 | Hearing scheduled for 11/12/2025 from 11:00 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium |
| 29 Oct 2025 | S 429 | Hearing scheduled for 11/12/2025 from 11:00 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium |
| 25 Sep 2025 | H 3983 | Hearing rescheduled to 09/25/2025 from 11:00 AM-11:30 AM in A-1 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time |
| 16 Sep 2025 | H 3983 | Hearing scheduled for 09/25/2025 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1 |
| 28 Aug 2025 | H 97 | Hearing rescheduled to 09/11/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to include Virtual |
| 28 Aug 2025 | H 94 | Hearing rescheduled to 09/11/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to include Virtual |
| 7 Apr 2025 | H 3983 | Senate concurred |
| 3 Apr 2025 | H 3983 | Referred to the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies |
| 27 Feb 2025 | H 97 | Referred to the Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity |
| 27 Feb 2025 | H 97 | Senate concurred |
| 27 Feb 2025 | H 614 | Referred to the Joint Committee on Education |
| 27 Feb 2025 | H 614 | Senate concurred |
| 27 Feb 2025 | H 94 | Referred to the Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity |
| 27 Feb 2025 | H 94 | Senate concurred |
| 27 Feb 2025 | S 429 | Referred to the Joint Committee on Education |
| 27 Feb 2025 | S 429 | House concurred |
| 22 Mar 2024 | S 2710 | See H4241 |
| 21 Mar 2024 | S 2710 | Text of S2703, reprinted as amended |
| 21 Mar 2024 | S 2710 | Substituted for H4241 |
| Body | Type | ID | Records |
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| Massachusetts General Court | Legislature | us-ma-legislature | 6 |
| Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education | K-12 agency | us-ma-k12-agency | 2 |
| Office of the Governor of Massachusetts | Governor's office | us-ma-governor | 1 |
| Massachusetts Department of Higher Education | Higher-ed agency | us-ma-higher-ed-agency | 0 |
| University of Massachusetts | University system | us-ma-umass | 0 |