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Board of Education; artificial intelligence use in instructional settings; development of AI safety guidance required; AI Innovation in Education Pilot Program established; report. Requires the Board of Education, in consultation with the Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology and Classroom Innovation, the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, and other relevant stakeholders, to establish and post in a publicly accessible location on its website guidance for the safe, ethical, and equitable use of artificial intelligence (AI), as defined in the bill, in public elementary and secondary schools. The bill requires each school board to establish, implement, and enforce policies consistent with the guidance developed by the Board in accordance with the provisions of the bill. The bill also directs the Department to establish and oversee the AI Innovation in Education Pilot Program for the purpose of funding, evaluating, and scaling innovative uses of AI in public elementary and secondary schools by providing support to school divisions in piloting AI applications for instruction, tutoring, student engagement, operational efficiency, and teacher support with an annual report to the Chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by December 1. The Pilot Program has an expiration date of July 1, 2030.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 13, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N 0-A)
Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N 0-A)
House Conferees: Rasoul, Maldonado, Cherry
Conferees appointed by House
Senate Conferees: Pekarsky, Favola, Head
Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Conferees appointed by Senate
Conference Report released
House requested conference committee
House insisted on substitute
House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
Passed House with substitute (96-Y 1-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
committee substitute agreed to
Read third time
Read second time
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB394)
Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 1-N)
Committee substitute printed 26108797D-H1
House subcommittee offered
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N)
Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
Referred from Communications, Technology and Innovation and referred to Education (Voice Vote)
Placed on Calendar
Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
Read first time
Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N 0-A)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Rules suspended
Read second time
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day
Rules suspended
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB394)
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105454D
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Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N 0-A)
Stella G. Pekarsky