2026
Revises many provisions on public school operation and the Department of Education and Workforce, including a directive that the department promote innovative educational programs by publicizing model projects, including projects that use artificial intelligence in instruction.
Provisions
- Sec. 3302.07(D)(2)Directs the department to publicize model projects of educational innovation, including projects that use AI in instruction.
Latest action: 9 Oct 2026 — Effective
- Record ID
- us-oh-2025-2026-hb-455
- Session
- 2025-2026
- Introduced
- 17 Sep 2025
- Enacted
- 10 Jul 2026
- Level
- K-12
- Topics
- instructional-use
Revises academic intervention, mathematics improvement, and related school requirements, and directs the Department of Education and Workforce to promote innovative educational programs, including by publicizing model projects that use artificial intelligence in instruction.
Provisions
- Sec. 3302.07(D)(2)Directs the department to publicize model projects of educational innovation, including projects that use AI in instruction.
Latest action: 23 Sep 2026 — Effective
- Record ID
- us-oh-2025-2026-sb-19
- Session
- 2025-2026
- Introduced
- 22 Jan 2025
- Enacted
- 24 Jun 2026
- Level
- K-12
- Topics
- instructional-use
Requires school districts to offer at least one-half unit of computer science and, beginning with students entering ninth grade on or after July 1, 2029, requires students to complete it; the unit must include instruction in artificial intelligence, and students may be exempted by demonstrating competency in computer science and AI.
Provisions
- Sec. 3313.603(C)(10)(a)Requires a half unit of computer science for graduation that includes instruction in AI, including what it is, how it works, and its impact on society.
- Sec. 3313.603(C)(10)(c)Allows exemption from the requirement for students who complete seventy-five hours of structured computer science and AI instruction from an approved provider.
Latest action: 16 Jun 2026 — Introduced
- Record ID
- us-oh-2025-2026-sb-326
- Session
- 2025-2026
- Introduced
- 12 Nov 2025
- Level
- K-12
- Topics
- ai-literacy, curriculum-standards
2025
A model board policy on artificial intelligence released by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce on December 30, 2025, as required by Ohio Revised Code 3301.24. Districts, community schools, and STEM schools, which must adopt an AI policy by July 1, 2026, may adopt it as written or customize it. It covers student and staff use, ethics and academic integrity, data privacy and security, curriculum integration, and review of third-party AI tools.
- Record ID
- us-oh-dew-ai-model-policy
- Issuer
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce
- Published
- 30 Dec 2025
- Level
- K-12
- Topics
- academic-integrity, instructional-use, local-policy-requirement, procurement, student-privacy
Requires school districts to offer, and students to complete, at least one unit of high school computer science, and requires that computer science instruction cover evolving areas such as artificial intelligence, including what it is, how it works, and its impact on society.
Provisions
- Sec. 3313.603(C)Requires the computer science graduation unit to include instruction in artificial intelligence, including what it is, how it works, and its impact on society.
Latest action: 19 Nov 2025 — Referred to committee: Education
- Record ID
- us-oh-2025-2026-hb-594
- Session
- 2025-2026
- Introduced
- 18 Nov 2025
- Level
- K-12
- Topics
- ai-literacy, curriculum-standards
Ohio's fiscal year 2026-2027 operating budget. Among many other provisions, it enacted Ohio Revised Code section 3301.24, which required the Department of Education and Workforce to develop a model policy on the use of artificial intelligence in schools by December 31, 2025, and requires every school district, community school, and STEM school to adopt an AI policy by July 1, 2026.
Provisions
- R.C. 3301.24(A)Requires the Department of Education and Workforce to develop a model policy on AI use in schools, addressing appropriate use by students and staff, by December 31, 2025.
- R.C. 3301.24(B)Requires each school district, community school, and STEM school to adopt an AI use policy by July 1, 2026; schools may adopt the department's model policy.
Latest action: 1 Oct 2025 — Item passed notwithstanding objections of the Governor
- Record ID
- us-oh-2025-2026-hb-96
- Session
- 2025-2026
- Introduced
- 11 Feb 2025
- Enacted
- 30 Jun 2025
- Level
- K-12
- Topics
- instructional-use, local-policy-requirement
Enacts Alyssa's Law, appropriating $25 million for a Department of Public Safety pilot grant program that lets school districts, community schools, STEM schools, and chartered nonpublic schools buy panic alert systems or contract for artificial intelligence firearm detection software, and sets criteria the software must meet.
Provisions
- Section 2(A)Creates a pilot grant program for schools to buy panic alert systems or contract for AI firearm detection software.
- Section 2(B)(4)Requires AI firearm detection software used by grant recipients to meet listed criteria, such as detecting visible firearms, anti-terrorism designation, and integration with school cameras.
Latest action: 26 Feb 2025 — Referred to committee: Finance
- Record ID
- us-oh-2025-2026-hb-106
- Session
- 2025-2026
- Introduced
- 18 Feb 2025
- Level
- K-12
- Topics
- funding, procurement, safety-wellbeing
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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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| HB 455 Regards the operation of public schools and the DEW | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SB 19 Regards academic intervention, math improvement and intervention | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SB 326 Require students complete a high school computer science course | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| HB 594 Require students complete a high school computer science course | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| HB 96 Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| HB 106 Enact Alyssa's Law | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Records with this provision |
| Date | Record | Action (as recorded) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Oct 2026 | HB 455 | Effective |
| 23 Sep 2026 | SB 19 | Effective |
| 10 Jul 2026 | HB 455 | Signed By The Governor |
| 1 Jul 2026 | HB 455 | Sent To The Governor |
| 24 Jun 2026 | SB 19 | Signed By The Governor |
| 16 Jun 2026 | SB 326 | Introduced |
| 12 Jun 2026 | SB 19 | Sent To The Governor |
| 10 Jun 2026 | HB 455 | Reported - Substitute: Education |
| 10 Jun 2026 | HB 455 | Passed |
| 10 Jun 2026 | HB 455 | Concurred in Senate amendments |
| 10 Jun 2026 | SB 19 | Concurred in House amendments |
| 10 Jun 2026 | SB 326 | Passed |
| 10 Jun 2026 | SB 326 | Reported - Substitute: Education |
| 9 Jun 2026 | SB 19 | Reported - Substitute: Education |
| 9 Jun 2026 | SB 19 | Passed |
| 11 Feb 2026 | HB 455 | Referred to committee: Education |
| 4 Feb 2026 | SB 19 | Referred to committee: Education |
| 25 Nov 2025 | HB 455 | Introduced |
| 25 Nov 2025 | SB 19 | Introduced |
| 19 Nov 2025 | HB 455 | Passed |
| 19 Nov 2025 | SB 19 | Passed |
| 19 Nov 2025 | HB 594 | Referred to committee: Education |
| 18 Nov 2025 | HB 455 | Reported - Substitute: Education |
| 18 Nov 2025 | SB 19 | Reported - Substitute: Education |
| 18 Nov 2025 | SB 326 | Referred to committee: Education |
| 18 Nov 2025 | HB 594 | Introduced |
| 12 Nov 2025 | SB 19 | Recommitted: Education |
| 12 Nov 2025 | SB 326 | Introduced |
| 5 Nov 2025 | SB 19 | Reported - Substitute: Education |
| 1 Oct 2025 | HB 455 | Referred to committee: Education |
| 1 Oct 2025 | HB 96 | Item passed notwithstanding objections of the Governor |
| 17 Sep 2025 | HB 455 | Introduced |
| 21 Jul 2025 | HB 96 | Item passed notwithstanding objections of the Governor |
| 1 Jul 2025 | HB 96 | line item veto receipt |
| 30 Jun 2025 | HB 96 | Signed By The Governor |
| 27 Jun 2025 | HB 96 | Sent To The Governor |
| 25 Jun 2025 | HB 96 | Conference report agreed to |
| 25 Jun 2025 | HB 96 | Conference report agreed to |
| 12 Jun 2025 | HB 96 | Insist on amendments; asks for committee of conference |
| 11 Jun 2025 | HB 96 | Passed |
| 11 Jun 2025 | HB 96 | Refused to concur in Senate amendments |
| 10 Jun 2025 | HB 96 | Reported - Substitute Finance |
| 30 Apr 2025 | HB 96 | Referred to committee Finance |
| 17 Apr 2025 | HB 96 | Introduced |
| 9 Apr 2025 | HB 96 | Passed |
| 8 Apr 2025 | HB 96 | Reported - Substitute Finance |
| 26 Feb 2025 | HB 106 | Referred to committee: Finance |
| 18 Feb 2025 | HB 106 | Introduced |
| 12 Feb 2025 | HB 96 | Referred to committee Finance |
| 11 Feb 2025 | HB 96 | Introduced |
| 29 Jan 2025 | SB 19 | Referred to committee: Education |
| 22 Jan 2025 | SB 19 | Introduced |
| Body | Type | ID | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio General Assembly | Legislature | us-oh-legislature | 6 |
| Ohio Department of Education and Workforce | K-12 agency | us-oh-k12-agency | 1 |
| Office of the Governor of Ohio | Governor's office | us-oh-governor | 0 |
| Ohio Department of Higher Education | Higher-ed agency | us-oh-higher-ed-agency | 0 |