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Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act)

MD · Legislation · 2026 · SB720

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Introduced

Record updated Apr 13, 2026

Summary

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.

Timeline

2026-04-13

H

Third Reading Passed (129-8)

2026-04-13

S

Senate Concurs House Amendments

2026-04-13

S

Third Reading Passed (45-0)

2026-04-13

S

Passed Enrolled

2026-04-11

H

Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means

2026-04-11

H

Favorable with Amendments {783421/1 Adopted

2026-04-11

H

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

2026-03-23

H

Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.

Bill Text

Pending

Bill Text is not available yet for this record.

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