https://edictai.org/states/md/feed.xml 2026-06-01T00:00:00Z Edictai https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-msde-ai-framework 2026-06-01T00:00:00Z

Current. Statewide framework from the Maryland State Department of Education for responsible AI use in K-12 schools, covering roles and responsibilities, data privacy and security, equity, academic integrity and assessment, professional learning, student AI literacy, operational uses, and procurement and vendor governance. It says MSDE does not approve specific AI tools and that local education agencies adopt district AI policies and vet tools.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2026-sb-597 2026-05-26T00:00:00Z

Became law. Alters the Cyber Warrior Diversity Program to include training students in artificial intelligence and extends related scholarship terms to AI degree programs. Establishes the Maryland Artificial Intelligence Partnership in the University System of Maryland, which provides free AI skills training including credit-bearing credentials, and an Artificial Intelligence Public Service Fellowship matching public college students with state agency AI projects.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2026-sb-720 2026-05-26T00:00:00Z

Became law. Requires the Maryland State Department of Education to publish and annually review AI guidance for students, educators, administrators, and parents, and requires each local school system to adopt an aligned AI policy within 120 days of that guidance and designate an AI coordinator. It also has the Department develop a rubric for evaluating AI tools, add AI literacy to K-12 workforce preparation and computer science standards by June 1, 2027, provide educator professional development, and establishes a temporary Maryland AI Education Collaborative.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2026-hb-1057 2026-04-13T00:00:00Z

Did not pass. Requires the State Department of Education to provide guidance on artificial intelligence to local school systems, educators, parents, and students, and requires each local school system to have an AI policy aligned with that guidance and to designate an AI coordinator. Requires the Department to publish a rubric that local school systems must use to evaluate AI tools, provide AI professional development to educators and school leaders, and establishes a Maryland AI Education Collaborative.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2026-sb-282 2026-04-08T00:00:00Z

Became law. Enacts the Maryland fiscal year 2027 state budget. Adds $500,000 to the State Department of Education for Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act initiatives, such as an AI Education Collaborative to monitor and evaluate AI implementation in schools, contingent on enactment of SB 720 or HB 1057.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2026-sb-375 2026-02-19T00:00:00Z

Did not pass. Requires the State Department of Education to develop or approve an artificial intelligence training program for county board of education members, covering AI fundamentals, AI use policy development, and student privacy and data protection laws. Requires each county board member to complete foundational and then annual continuing AI training and the Department to report on the program's effectiveness.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2026-hb-712 2026-02-05T00:00:00Z

Did not pass. Establishes product liability causes of action against developers and deployers of certain artificial intelligence systems for defective design, inadequate warnings, and breach of warranty. Consequential decisions under the bill include those affecting an individual's access to education.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2026-hb-530 2026-02-04T00:00:00Z

Did not pass. Establishes a Task Force on Proactive Review of Audio and Video Recordings on Special Education Buses to study the use of artificial intelligence tools to review bus recordings for student safety, including privacy issues and costs. The Task Force must report findings and recommendations by December 1, 2026.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2025-hb-1316 2025-05-16T00:00:00Z

Vetoed. Requires the National Center for School Mental Health, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to develop a youth-centric technology and social media resource guide for public school students and families that covers safe use of technologies including artificial intelligence products, and to post and distribute it to every public school.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2025-hb-504 2025-05-06T00:00:00Z

Became law. Revises public school funding and educator workforce programs. Among its changes, it provides that, for the 2025-2026 through 2027-2028 school years, an existing Education Article section on digital tools does not apply to the procurement and use of digital tools that use artificial intelligence to support student learning.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2025-hb-782 2025-05-06T00:00:00Z

Became law. Requires the Maryland Center for School Safety to study weapons detection and reporting in public middle and high schools, including evaluating software that uses artificial intelligence to identify deadly weapons and requesting assessments of technologies' efficacy, bias, data ownership, and privacy, with interim and final reports.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2025-sb-897 2025-04-07T00:00:00Z

Did not pass. Requires the National Center for School Mental Health, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to develop a student technology and social media resource guide covering safe use of products including artificial intelligence products by prekindergarten through grade 12 students. The guide must be posted by the Department and county boards and distributed to each public school.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2025-sb-429 2025-04-02T00:00:00Z

Did not pass. Revises public school funding and educator workforce programs. Among its changes, it provides that, for the 2025-2026 through 2027-2028 school years, an existing Education Article section on digital tools does not apply to the procurement and use of digital tools that use artificial intelligence to support student learning.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2025-hb-1391 2025-03-17T00:00:00Z

Did not pass. As passed by the House, would have required the Maryland State Department of Education, with stakeholders, to develop and periodically update guidance on artificial intelligence, promote AI training and workforce development, and have career and technical education committees use that guidance before incorporating AI into CTE activities. The introduced version also proposed a list of approved AI tools and a K-12 AI task force, which were removed by amendment. The bill passed the House but received no Senate action before the session ended.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2025-hb-1384 2025-03-04T00:00:00Z

Did not pass. Requires the Howard County Board of Education to study how best to detect deadly weapons in county public middle and high schools and report them to law enforcement, including an evaluation of software that uses artificial intelligence to identify weapons, and to report findings to the State Superintendent and the county delegation.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2025-sb-906 2025-03-04T00:00:00Z

Did not pass. Requires the State Department of Education to develop K-12 guidance on classroom use of artificial intelligence, maintain a list of approved AI tools, assess local school systems' capacity to integrate AI, and promote AI professional development for teachers and administrators. Requires the Career and Technical Education Committee to make AI literacy a component of workforce preparation and creates a Task Force on Artificial Intelligence in K-12 Education.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2025-sb-704 2025-02-19T00:00:00Z

Did not pass. Requires the State Department of Education to evaluate the use and potential use of artificial intelligence in public schools through a survey of local school systems' AI policies, tools, and readiness and a review of AI systems for learning, curriculum, grading, and administration, with Department of Information Technology help on costs and benefits and interim and final reports.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2025-hb-981 2025-02-07T00:00:00Z

Did not pass. Requires the State Department of Education to evaluate the use and potential use of artificial intelligence in public schools through a survey of local school systems' AI policies, tools, and readiness and a review of AI systems for learning, curriculum, grading, and administration, with Department of Information Technology help on costs and benefits and interim and final reports.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2025-sb-936 2025-02-06T00:00:00Z

Did not pass. Requires developers and deployers of high-risk artificial intelligence systems to use reasonable care to protect consumers from algorithmic discrimination and sets documentation and disclosure requirements. Consequential decisions covered by the bill include education enrollment or education opportunity.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2024-sb-360 2024-05-16T00:00:00Z

Became law. Appropriates the Maryland State budget for fiscal year 2025, including School Safety Grant Program funds with legislative intent that local education agencies use a portion to study and procure artificial intelligence technologies that identify guns in and around school property.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2024-sb-818 2024-05-09T00:00:00Z

Became law. Artificial Intelligence Governance Act requiring state units to inventory and assess AI systems and follow state high-risk AI policies. Requires public senior higher education institutions and Baltimore City Community College to adopt compatible policies, including for high-risk AI used for research or academic purposes, and to report on such AI annually. Directs the AI Subcabinet to study AI use in local school systems.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2024-hb-1390 2024-04-25T00:00:00Z

Became law. School construction funding bill that, among other changes, requires the Interagency Commission on School Construction to report to the General Assembly by December 15, 2024 on whether artificial intelligence weapon detection systems are eligible for school construction funding.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2024-hb-1271 2024-04-05T00:00:00Z

Passed one chamber. Establishes AI governance requirements for state government, including inventories, impact assessments, and policies for high-risk AI, and applies the subtitle to public senior higher education institutions and Baltimore City Community College, which must adopt compatible AI policies. Directs the Governor's AI Subcabinet to study and recommend on AI use in areas including local school systems.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2024-hb-1297 2024-03-18T00:00:00Z

Passed one chamber. Requires the State Department of Education to conduct a comprehensive study of the potential use of artificial intelligence in public schools, including best practices for safe, responsible, and ethical use that protect the personal information of students and school personnel. Requires the department to report the results by December 1, 2024, and to adopt regulations based on the study by June 1, 2025.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2024-sb-1089 2024-02-09T00:00:00Z

In committee. Extends Maryland's student data privacy law to school employee information and defines covered operators to include websites, services, and applications that use artificial intelligence under contract with public schools for PreK-12 purposes, subjecting them to data protection, security, and deletion requirements.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2024-sb-979 2024-02-08T00:00:00Z

In committee. Requires the State Department of Education to develop guidelines and best practices on artificial intelligence for county boards, including professional development, and to recommend integrating AI into college and career readiness standards. Requires each county board to designate an employee to facilitate ethical AI use, and requires the department to adopt policies governing county boards' procurement and use of AI systems so they do not cause unlawful discrimination, harm student well-being, or collect personal information without approval.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2024-sb-980 2024-02-08T00:00:00Z

In committee. Requires the State Board of Education to update computer science content standards and framework by June 1, 2025 and every three years to reflect recent advances including artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. Requires elementary and middle schools to provide computer science instruction beginning in 2027-2028.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2024-sb-127 2024-01-17T00:00:00Z

In committee. Requires the Maryland Center for School Safety, with education agencies, school systems, and public higher education institutions, to evaluate AI-based firearm detection platforms and report recommendations. Allows the Safe Schools Fund to help local school systems buy and maintain assessed platforms.

https://edictai.org/states/md/#us-md-2023-hb-1034 2023-03-27T00:00:00Z

Did not pass. Establishes the Artificial Intelligence Impact Advisory Board to study the impact of artificial intelligence in the health care, education, transportation, and criminal justice sectors and its economic, social, and ethical implications, and to report findings and recommendations annually.