Vermont

Governor Phil Scott created an advisory Vermont AI Economic Taskforce to assess AI's effect on the state economy sector by sector and recommend actions, investments, and legislation. Members include an education-sector representative, and the taskforce must coordinate with institutions of higher education on workforce initiatives. Annual reports are due January 1, 2027 and January 1, 2028; the order runs two years unless extended.

Provisions

• Para. 8Establishes an advisory AI Economic Taskforce that includes an education-sector representative and coordinates with institutions of higher education on workforce alignment.

• Executive Order No. 04-26 - Establishing the Vermont AI Economic Taskforce · archived
• Executive Order No. 04-26

Would require providers of student-facing educational technology products used in Vermont schools to register annually with the Secretary of State, and would bar schools from using products the Secretary of State has not certified. Certification standards must consider design features including use of artificial intelligence, and certified products could not collect non-essential student data or use it for sale or noneducational profiling. Passed the House in March 2026 and was referred to Senate Finance.

Provisions

• 9 V.S.A. § 2444c(a)(2), (b)(4)(B) (as passed by the House)Bars schools from using educational technology products not certified by the Secretary of State, whose certification standards must consider the product's use of artificial intelligence.
• 9 V.S.A. § 2444c(c)(4)-(5) (as passed by the House)Certified products may not collect non-essential student data or use collected data for sale, third-party sharing, or noneducational student profiles.

Latest action: 13 May 2026 — Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31

• H.650 Bill Status · archived
• H.650 As Passed by the House (Official) · archived

Adds members to the Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council, including a public education representative, extends the Council to 2030, and directs it to review professional guidance and report on ways government can promote ethical and responsible use of artificial intelligence in health and human services and in education. Also requires disclosure of generative AI use to consumers.

Provisions

• Sec. 2(b)(1)The AI Advisory Council must review guidance on AI use in education and report on promoting ethical and responsible AI use in education.

Latest action: 29 Jan 2026 — Read first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development

• H 821 bill page
• H 821 text (Introduced)

Regulates how businesses collect, share, and sell Vermont consumers' personal data, and requires data loyalty assessments of covered algorithms that use machine learning or artificial intelligence, including steps to mitigate harms in determining access to education and other opportunities.

Provisions

• Data loyalty assessment section, subdivision (6)(B)Data loyalty assessments of covered algorithms must describe steps to mitigate harms, including in determining access to education opportunities.

Latest action: 29 Jan 2026 — Read first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development

• H 812 bill page
• H 812 text (Introduced)

Sets products liability standards for developers and deployers of high-impact and generative artificial intelligence systems, including design defect, failure to warn, and safe harbor rules. High-impact systems include those used as a controlling factor in consequential decisions, defined to include decisions affecting access to education.

Latest action: 28 Jan 2026 — Read first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development

• H 792 bill page
• H 792 text (Introduced)

Vermont Agency of Education guidance (Version 1.0) on using AI in schools, framed around personalized, proficiency-based, and project-based learning. It sets developmental expectations by grade band, a four-principles framework for educator and student use, and risk guidance on academic honesty, cognitive offloading, data privacy, student well-being, and bias, plus a tool-vetting framework and implementation steps for school leaders.

• Vermont AI Guidance for Education, Version 1.0 · archived
• Vermont Agency of Education Releases New Guidance to Support the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Schools · archived

Requires state agencies to disclose to employees their use of automated employment decision-making tools, including AI, and creates a study committee to examine extending the disclosure requirement and protections to teachers and other public school employees and to employees of public institutions of higher education.

Provisions

• Sec. 2(a)Creates a study committee on extending automated employment decision-making tool disclosures to teachers, public school employees, and public higher education employees.

Latest action: 16 Jan 2026 — Read first time and referred to the Committee on General and Housing

• H 714 bill page
• H 714 text (Introduced)