By: Middleton S.B. No. 382
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a prohibition on the use of artificial intelligence
  technology for classroom instruction.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 28.0028 to read as follows:
         Sec. 28.0028.  PROHIBITED USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
  TECHNOLOGY. A school district or open-enrollment charter school
  may not use artificial intelligence technology to:
               (1)  provide instruction to students; or
               (2)  replace or supplement a teacher's role in
  providing instruction or interacting with students in a course of
  instruction.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2025.