2026
Enacts the Consumer Protections in Interactions with Artificial Intelligence Systems Act, prohibiting algorithmic discrimination by high-risk AI systems and setting duties for developers and deployers. High-risk systems include those that make or substantially factor into consequential decisions on education enrollment or education opportunities.
Provisions
- Section 37-31-10Defines consequential decisions, subject to algorithmic discrimination rules, to include education enrollment and education opportunities.
Latest action: 26 Feb 2026 — Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance
- Record ID
- us-sc-2025-2026-s-963
- Session
- 2025-2026
- Introduced
- 26 Feb 2026
- Level
- K-12, Higher ed
- Topics
- admissions, equity-access
Would add Section 59-28-195 to the South Carolina Code to require written opt-in parental consent before students use AI in instruction, annual disclosure of AI tools and data practices, teacher review of AI-generated content, and limits on student data collection and commercial use. It would bar AI from replacing licensed teachers in core instruction or final grading and from automated discipline or placement decisions without human review, and would let parents seek injunctive relief or damages.
Provisions
- Sec. 59-28-195(B)(1)-(2)Would require written opt-in parental consent before a student uses AI in instruction and an annual written disclosure of AI tools, vendors, and student data practices.
- Sec. 59-28-195(C)(1)Would bar AI from replacing a licensed teacher in core academic instruction or assigning final grades.
- Sec. 59-28-195(D)Would limit AI systems to the minimum necessary student data, bar sale or commercial use of that data, require deletion, and require parental consent for biometric data collection.
- Sec. 59-28-195(E)Would require school entities to adopt policies on student use of generative AI for coursework and bar its use on graded assignments unless a teacher expressly authorizes it.
Latest action: 24 Feb 2026 — Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works (House Journal-page 60)
- Record ID
- us-sc-2025-2026-h-5253
- Session
- 2025-2026
- Introduced
- 24 Feb 2026
- Level
- K-12
- Topics
- academic-integrity, data-governance, employment-evaluation, instructional-use, local-policy-requirement, student-privacy
2025
Allows school districts, beginning in 2026-2027, to provide age-appropriate instruction on how to access, use and critically evaluate artificial intelligence tools. Directs the Department of Education to issue guidance on that instruction and, subject to funding, to provide professional development in AI education for educators.
Provisions
- Section 59-59-260(A)Permits school districts to provide age-appropriate instruction on accessing, using and evaluating AI tools, aligned with department guidance.
- Section 59-59-260(B)Directs the Department of Education to issue guidance to districts on implementing AI instruction.
- Section 59-59-260(C)Directs the Department of Education, subject to funding, to provide AI professional development for educators.
Latest action: 13 Jan 2026 — Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
- Record ID
- us-sc-2025-2026-h-4582
- Session
- 2025-2026
- Introduced
- 16 Dec 2025
- Level
- K-12
- Topics
- ai-literacy, curriculum-standards, educator-training
Creates the offense of producing, distributing, soliciting, or possessing obscene visual depictions of minors, including computer-generated images, without requiring that the minor depicted actually exists, and adds it to the sex offender registry. Directs the State Department of Education, with state law enforcement and the Attorney General, to develop and implement a policy to educate and notify students of the act, and to report on it by July 1, 2026.
Provisions
- SECTION 4Directs the State Department of Education, with law enforcement and the Attorney General, to adopt a policy to educate and notify students about the new offense.
Latest action: 27 May 2025 — Act No. 57
- Record ID
- us-sc-2025-2026-s-28
- Session
- 2025-2026
- Introduced
- 11 Dec 2024
- Enacted
- 22 May 2025
- Level
- K-12
- Topics
- synthetic-media
2023
South Carolina Department of Education course standards, dated September 2023, for an Introduction to Artificial Intelligence elective (course code 57M0) in the career and technical education Information Technology cluster. The one-credit course, recommended for grades 9-10, covers computing systems, data and analytics, and core AI and machine learning concepts.
Provisions
- p. 1Establishes state course standards for a high school Introduction to Artificial Intelligence CTE course.
- Record ID
- us-sc-scde-introduction-to-ai-course-standards
- Issuer
- South Carolina Department of Education
- Published
- Sep 2023
- Level
- K-12
- Topics
- ai-literacy, curriculum-standards, workforce
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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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| S 963 Artificial intelligence, consumer protection | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| H. 5253 Ai in education | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| H 4582 Artificial Intelligence Electives | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S 28 AI Child Abuse | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SCDE Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Course Standards | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Records with this provision |
| Date | Record | Action (as recorded) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Feb 2026 | S 963 | Introduced and read first time |
| 26 Feb 2026 | S 963 | Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance |
| 24 Feb 2026 | H. 5253 | Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 60) |
| 24 Feb 2026 | H. 5253 | Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works (House Journal-page 60) |
| 13 Jan 2026 | H 4582 | Introduced and read first time |
| 13 Jan 2026 | H 4582 | Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works |
| 16 Dec 2025 | H 4582 | Prefiled |
| 16 Dec 2025 | H 4582 | Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works |
| 27 May 2025 | S 28 | Effective date 05/22/25 |
| 27 May 2025 | S 28 | Act No. 57 |
| 22 May 2025 | S 28 | Signed By Governor |
| 20 May 2025 | S 28 | Ratified R 82 |
| 8 May 2025 | S 28 | Non-concurrence in Senate amendment |
| 8 May 2025 | S 28 | Roll call Yeas-0 Nays-107 |
| 8 May 2025 | S 28 | Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Hutto, Kimbrell, Adams |
| 8 May 2025 | S 28 | Conference committee appointed T Moore, Wetmore, McCabe |
| 8 May 2025 | S 28 | Conference report adopted |
| 8 May 2025 | S 28 | Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-1 |
| 8 May 2025 | S 28 | Conference report adopted |
| 8 May 2025 | S 28 | Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0 |
| 8 May 2025 | S 28 | Ordered enrolled for ratification |
| 6 May 2025 | S 28 | House amendment amended |
| 6 May 2025 | S 28 | Returned to House with amendments |
| 6 May 2025 | S 28 | Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0 |
| 2 May 2025 | S 28 | Scrivener's error corrected |
| 2 May 2025 | S 28 | Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments |
| 1 May 2025 | S 28 | Amended |
| 1 May 2025 | S 28 | Read second time |
| 1 May 2025 | S 28 | Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0 |
| 1 May 2025 | S 28 | Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day |
| 30 Apr 2025 | S 28 | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary |
| 19 Feb 2025 | S 28 | Introduced and read first time |
| 19 Feb 2025 | S 28 | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
| 18 Feb 2025 | S 28 | Read third time and sent to House |
| 18 Feb 2025 | S 28 | Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0 |
| 13 Feb 2025 | S 28 | Amended |
| 13 Feb 2025 | S 28 | Read second time |
| 13 Feb 2025 | S 28 | Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0 |
| 12 Feb 2025 | S 28 | Amended |
| 11 Feb 2025 | S 28 | Committee Amendment Adopted |
| 11 Feb 2025 | S 28 | Amended |
| 6 Feb 2025 | S 28 | Scrivener's error corrected |
| 5 Feb 2025 | S 28 | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary |
| 17 Jan 2025 | S 28 | Referred to Subcommittee: Adams (ch), Reichenbach, Devine, Kennedy, Stubbs |
| 14 Jan 2025 | S 28 | Introduced and read first time |
| 14 Jan 2025 | S 28 | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
| 11 Dec 2024 | S 28 | Prefiled |
| 11 Dec 2024 | S 28 | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
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| South Carolina General Assembly | Legislature | us-sc-legislature | 4 |
| South Carolina Department of Education | K-12 agency | us-sc-k12-agency | 1 |
| Office of the Governor of South Carolina | Governor's office | us-sc-governor | 0 |
| South Carolina Commission on Higher Education | Higher-ed agency | us-sc-higher-ed-agency | 0 |
| South Carolina Technical College System | Higher-ed agency | us-sc-higher-ed-agency-2 | 0 |