Alabama’s AI Education Policy Landscape

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Student Population : 759,000

Official Policies

UPDATE (June 2024): Alabama Department of Education released a resource called “AI Policy Template for Local Education Agencies”, which defines important terminology relating to AI in education, details for further AI governance, and outlines example policy to be customized and used by external Learning Agencies within the state.

No current guidance listed on Alabama State DOE site.

In the News

As of November 2023, Senator and House Education Policy Committee Chair Terri Collins stated that she is currently working on AI education policies. Said Collins, “I’ve been working on something about positive use of AI on a safe, closed platform that connects teachers, students and parents”.

Universities

UAlabama is home to the Artificial Intelligence Teaching Enhancement Initiative, which “equips UA educators with the knowledge and skills needed to integrate AI technologies into their lectures, course materials, and pedagogical toolkits”. The university also has its own “Guidelines on Using Generative AI Tools”, as well as a Statement of Principle and surveys of its community.

Further Resources

“AI Policy Template for Local Education Agencies”

Alabama Working on Policy
Alabama Dept. of Education Main Site
UA AITEI

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