Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland SB720: Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act)
Status: Signed into law, May 26, 2026
Requiring the State Department of Education to provide certain guidance on artificial intelligence to local school systems, educators, parents, and students through an online platform; requiring the Department to develop certain guidelines, best practices, and evaluative tools to assist local school systems in the evaluation of artificial intelligence tools selected for use by local school systems; establishing the Maryland AI Education Collaborative on Artificial Intelligence in K-12 Education; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act) FOR the purpose of requiring the State Department of Education to provide certain guidance on artificial intelligence to certain groups through an online platform; requiring the Department, in consultation with certain stakeholders, to separately publish certain guidance for certain groups; requiring the Department to develop certain strategies to implement certain guidelines and best practices…
From the enrolled text, June 3, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act) FOR the purpose of requiring the State Department of Education to provide certain guidance on artificial intelligence to certain groups through an online platform; requiring the Department, in consultation with certain stakeholders, to separately publish certain guidance for certain groups; requiring the Department to develop certain strategies to implement certain guidelines and best practices; requiring each county board of education to have a certain artificial intelligence policy on or before a certain date; requiring each county board local school system to designate a certain coordinator for the use of artificial intelligence in the local school system; requiring Morgan State University or another 4-year institution of higher education in the State to support the Department in a certain evaluation and to certify that certain artificial intelligence tools are consistent with certain State guidelines each year the Department to develop and publish a certain rubric and certain evaluative tools to assist local school systems in the evaluation of artificial intelligence tools selected for use by local school systems; requiring local school systems to procure artificial intelligence tools consistent with certain provisions of law; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Governor's Workforce Development Board, to ensure that artificial intelligence literacy is a component of …