Bill Text: IL HB2503 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to establish the State Instructional Technology Advisory Board, which shall collaborate with the State Board of Education to provide guidance, integration, oversight, and evaluation of education technologies, including, but not limited to, artificial intelligence technologies. Sets forth the membership of the Advisory Board and terms. Requires the State Board, with the Advisory Board, to develop standards concerning safety, transparency, data privacy, and educational quality for any artificial intelligence technology that may be used in schools and develop guidance for school districts and educators on the use of artificial intelligence in education and the development of artificial intelligence literacy. Requires the annual school district report to the State Board regarding educational technology capacity and policies to include how students, teachers, and district employees use artificial intelligence. Provides that the Internet safety education curriculum shall include instruction in the safe and responsible use of artificial intelligence. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-03-04 - Assigned to Education Policy Committee [HB2503 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB2503-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2503 Introduced , by Rep. Laura Faver Dias SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/2-3.118a new
105 ILCS 5/10-20.74
105 ILCS 5/27-13.3
Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to establish the State Instructional Technology Advisory Board, which shall collaborate with the State Board of Education to provide guidance, integration, oversight, and evaluation of education technologies, including, but not limited to, artificial intelligence technologies. Sets forth the membership of the Advisory Board and terms. Requires the State Board, with the Advisory Board, to develop standards concerning safety, transparency, data privacy, and educational quality for any artificial intelligence technology that may be used in schools and develop guidance for school districts and educators on the use of artificial intelligence in education and the development of artificial intelligence literacy. Requires the annual school district report to the State Board regarding educational technology capacity and policies to include how students, teachers, and district employees use artificial intelligence. Provides that the Internet safety education curriculum shall include instruction in the safe and responsible use of artificial intelligence. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
2-3.118a and by changing Sections 10-20.74 and 27-13.3 as
follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.118a new)
Sec. 2-3.118a. State Instructional Technology Advisory
Board.
(a) The State Board of Education shall establish a State
Instructional Technology Advisory Board, which shall
collaborate with the State Board of Education to provide
guidance, integration, oversight, and evaluation of education
technologies, including, but not limited to, artificial
intelligence technologies.
(b) The Advisory Board shall consist of the following
members:
(1) the State Superintendent of Education or his or
her designee, who shall serve as chairperson of the
Advisory Board;
(2) 3 representatives appointed by a statewide
association representing teachers;
(3) 2 principals appointed by a statewide principals

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association;
(4) 2 superintendents appointed by a statewide
superintendents association;
(5) 2 school board members appointed by a statewide
school board association;
(6) 2 members representing regional offices of
education appointed by the State Superintendent of
Education;
(7) 2 currently practicing classroom teachers
appointed by the State Superintendent of Education;
(8) one representative of a statewide association of
educators concerned with instructional technology
appointed by the State Superintendent of Education; and
(9) 2 experts on educational applications of
artificial intelligence appointed by the State
Superintendent of Education.
The members of the Advisory Board shall serve 2-year
terms, as long as they continue to meet the criteria under
which they were appointed, and may be reappointed without
limitation to additional 2-year terms.
(c) The State Board of Education shall, in consultation
with the Advisory Board, develop standards concerning safety,
transparency, data privacy, and educational quality for any
artificial intelligence technology that may be used in
schools.
(1) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules

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necessary to create these standards and to develop and use
a rubric or other method that may be used to evaluate
artificial intelligence tools and applications against
these standards.
(2) No later than December 31, 2025 and no later than
July 1 of each subsequent calendar year, the State Board
of Education shall make a reasonable effort to identify
and evaluate the artificial intelligence tools and
applications most commonly used in schools in this State,
which includes making available a means for educators to
request an evaluation of specific tools.
(3) No later than December 31, 2025 and no later than
July 1 of each subsequent calendar year, the State Board
of Education shall publish and provide to school districts
a list of technology tools employing artificial
intelligence that have been evaluated against these
standards and the results of that evaluation. The State
Board of Education may update this list from time to time
in addition to the required annual publication. This list
shall be provided only as an informational resource and
may not be used to prohibit or require the use of any
artificial intelligence technology by districts. The
inclusion of a tool on this list does not constitute an
endorsement by the State Board of Education.
(d) The State Board of Education shall, in collaboration
with the Advisory Board, develop guidance for school districts

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and educators on the use of artificial intelligence in
education and the development of artificial intelligence
literacy. This guidance shall include, but is not limited to:
(1) explanations of basic artificial intelligence
concepts, including machine learning, natural language
processing, and computer vision;
(2) specific ways artificial intelligence can be used
at the district, school, classroom, and individual level
to enhance teaching and learning while preserving the
human relationships essential to effective teaching and
learning;
(3) how districts and individual educators can
evaluate and address bias, privacy, and transparency in
artificial intelligence technologies and applications,
including how they can access the results of evaluations
performed by the State Board of Education;
(4) best practices for selecting, implementing, and
evaluating the use of artificial intelligence technologies
and applications;
(5) best practices for developing student literacy in
artificial intelligence and engaging students in
age-appropriate discussions on the responsible and ethical
use of artificial intelligence; and
(6) best practices for making artificial intelligence
technologies and applications available and accessible to
all students.

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(e) The State Board of Education shall provide this
guidance to all school districts and charter schools in this
State no later than December 31, 2025 and no later than July 1
of each subsequent calendar year.
The State Board of Education shall develop and offer both
synchronous and asynchronous professional development
opportunities designed to help educators develop artificial
intelligence literacy and understand and implement this
guidance effectively.
The State Board of Education shall review and update the
guidance for educators on the use of artificial intelligence
in education from time to time as needed and no less than once
per year.
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.74)
Sec. 10-20.74. Educational technology capacity and
policies; report. School districts shall submit to the State
Board of Education, or its designee, an annual report that
shall include, at a minimum, information regarding educational
technology capacity and policies, including device
availability for students, school-based access and
infrastructure, professional learning and training
opportunities, and documentation of developmentally
appropriate computer literacy instruction embedded in the
district's curriculum at each grade level, and how students,
teachers, and district employees use artificial intelligence.

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(Source: P.A. 101-654, eff. 3-8-21.)
(105 ILCS 5/27-13.3)
Sec. 27-13.3. Internet safety education curriculum.
(a) The purpose of this Section is to inform and protect
students from inappropriate or illegal communications and
solicitation and to encourage school districts to provide
education about Internet threats and risks, including without
limitation child predators, fraud, and other dangers.
(b) The General Assembly finds and declares the following:
(1) it is the policy of this State to protect
consumers and Illinois residents from deceptive and unsafe
communications that result in harassment, exploitation, or
physical harm;
(2) children have easy access to the Internet at home,
school, and public places;
(3) the Internet is used by sexual predators and other
criminals to make initial contact with children and other
vulnerable residents in Illinois; and
(4) education is an effective method for preventing
children from falling prey to online predators, identity
theft, and other dangers.
(c) Each school may adopt an age-appropriate curriculum
for Internet safety instruction of students in grades
kindergarten through 12. However, beginning with the 2009-2010
school year, a school district must incorporate into the

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school curriculum a component on Internet safety to be taught
at least once each school year to students in grades 3 through
12. The school board shall determine the scope and duration of
this unit of instruction. The age-appropriate unit of
instruction may be incorporated into the current courses of
study regularly taught in the district's schools, as
determined by the school board, and it is recommended that the
unit of instruction include the following topics:
(1) Safe and responsible use of social networking
websites, chat rooms, electronic mail, bulletin boards,
instant messaging, artificial intelligence, and other
means of communication on the Internet.
(2) Recognizing, avoiding, and reporting online
solicitations of students, their classmates, and their
friends by sexual predators.
(3) Risks of transmitting personal information on the
Internet.
(4) Recognizing and avoiding unsolicited or deceptive
communications received online.
(5) Recognizing and reporting online harassment and
cyber-bullying, including the creation and distribution of
false representations of individuals created by artificial
intelligence, including, but not limited to, sexually
explicit images and videos.
(6) Reporting illegal activities and communications on
the Internet.

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(7) Copyright laws on written materials, photographs,
music, and video.
(d) Curricula devised in accordance with subsection (c) of
this Section may be submitted for review to the Office of the
Illinois Attorney General.
(e) The State Board of Education shall make available
resource materials for educating children regarding child
online safety and may take into consideration the curriculum
on this subject developed by other states, as well as any other
curricular materials suggested by education experts, child
psychologists, or technology companies that work on child
online safety issues. Materials may include without limitation
safe online communications, privacy protection,
cyber-bullying, viewing inappropriate material, file sharing,
responsible use of artificial intelligence, and the importance
of open communication with responsible adults. The State Board
of Education shall make these resource materials available on
its Internet website.
(Source: P.A. 95-509, eff. 8-28-07; 95-869, eff. 1-1-09;
96-734, eff. 8-25-09.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.