The Illinois State Board of Education has released a 409-page document offering guidance to schools and districts about the use of artificial intelligence in K-12 education. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
By Peter Hancock | Capitol News Illinois
The Illinois State Board of Education released new guidelines recently on how schools should and should not use artificial intelligence in K-12 education.
One of the most notable aspects of the AI guidelines, however, is that it was written with help from popular AI programs including ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.
Bill Curtin, Illinois policy director for the nonprofit advocacy group Teach Plus, one of the groups that pushed for the guidance, called that an example of how AI should be treated in academic fields.
“Upfront, they said, ‘We did use AI,’ and they were very clear and specific about how they used AI,” Curtin told Capitol News Illinois. “And that actually builds trust because these days you can look at almost anything that anyone writes and wonder if it’s AI. It’s much better when, upfront, you say: ‘We did use AI, and here’s where, and here’s where the human element is really still seen in this guidance.’”
Growing concerns over AI
The guidance was issued after the General Assembly passed legislation in 2025 requiring ISBE to develop guidelines on using AI in education. Senate Bill 1920 came amid growing concern about students using AI programs like ChatGPT to help them with research or even to write essays.
At the same time, teachers and administrators were also looking for guidance on constructive ways they could use AI for things like developing lesson plans or grading students’ work.
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Interesting. Maybe AI can tell D220 board how to keep board members like Erin Ding Dong from stealing money from taxpayers while she uses her board position to gain a political foothold in the Democratic Party 🤔
Eliminate the IL Dept of Education and save some money! Make IL government smaller.