Bills › 91st General Assembly
Requiring community colleges, school districts, and institutions under the control of the state board of regents to adopt policies related to the use of artificial intelligence by students and employees
Sponsored by Rep. Aime Wichtendahl (D)
Topics:K–12 educationHigher educationTechnology & privacyArtificial intelligence
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 26, 2026
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa's community colleges, school districts, and state universities must create rules about how students and employees use artificial intelligence. These policies will explain when AI can be used for schoolwork or job duties and what uses are banned. Every school must post these rules on their website by July 1, 2028.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires community colleges, school districts, and institutions under the control of the state board of regents to adopt policies related to the use of artificial intelligence by students and employees. The bill requires the board of directors of each community college and the board of directors of each school district to, on or before July 1, 2028, adopt a policy related to artificial intelligence that describes when a student may utilize artificial intelligence during classroom instructional time and during the completion of course or program work, when employees may utilize artificial intelligence during the completion of work-related duties, and prohibitions related to the use of artificial intelligence by students and employees. Community colleges and school districts are required to publish the policy on their respective internet sites and provide a copy of the policy to the director of the department of education (DE). The director of DE is required to publish the policies on DE’s internet site. The bill requires the state board of regents to direct the institutions of higher education under its control to, on or before July 1, 2028, adopt similar policies. The institutions are required to publish the policies on the institutions’ respective internet sites and provide copies of the policies to the state board of regents. In addition, the state board of regents is required to publish such policies on the state board of regents’ internet site. The bill defines “artificial intelligence” to mean any machine-based system that, for any explicit or implicit objective, infers from the inputs the system receives to generate outputs, including content, decisions, predictions, or recommendations, that can influence physical or virtual environments.