RULE AT A GLANCE: Florida Rule 6A-1.0957, AI instructional tools
(Training summary in plain words. The rule's own text and your board's adopted policy control.)
My name: [your name]
My school: [school name]
WHO MUST ACT
Every district school board and every charter school governing board. Staff carry out what the board adopts.
THE DATE
By July 1, 2027, the board adopts and puts in place an AI amendment to its internet safety policy. The rule history line reads: New 8-22-23, Amended 10-29-26.
WHAT COUNTS AS AN AI INSTRUCTIONAL TOOL
Software that uses generative or agentic AI and that the school makes available to a student for instruction, tutoring, practice, feedback or assignments. It does not include AI that never interacts with students, or AI that only analyzes or predicts from data that already exists.
THE 18 DUTIES IN FIVE GROUPS (item numbers are Rule 6A-1.0957(3)(e) items)
Families
Item 1: Tell parents in plain words when an AI tool is approved. The notice names the tool (1.a), gives grades and subjects (1.b), says what students do with it, including automated feedback or answers (1.c), and explains how to object to its content (1.d). If students use it directly, parents can opt in and get a comparable non-AI alternative (1.e).
Item 13: Keep a public, current list of approved tools that parents can easily find.
Item 14: Keep student interaction records at least 30 days so parents can see them.
Teaching and decisions
Item 4: AI supports teacher judgment and parent rights. It never replaces them.
Item 9: Protect academic integrity: plagiarism, allowed use, and checking that work is the student's own.
Item 10: No AI decision without human review.
Choosing tools
Item 2: Extra review for tools used in VPK to grade 5.
Item 3: Agentic AI only with an adult supervising, a full activity log and a staff off switch.
Item 5: Tools and their use follow s.1000.05, F.S. (Florida Educational Equity Act).
Item 6: The policy covers every AI tool, adopted as instructional material or not.
Item 7: Tools are accurate, transparent, viewpoint neutral, accessible and on Florida's standards.
Item 8: No hidden behavior monitoring, social scoring or psychological profiling.
Item 12: Review whether tools work. Vendors disclose limits and any studies.
Item 16: Follow s.1006.1494, F.S. and Rule 6A-1.09550 on student privacy.
Item 17: No selling or commercial use of student data to train AI. Prefer US storage.
Reporting to the Department of Education
Item 15: Report the AI tools the district or board uses.
Item 18: Tell the Department about unexpected autonomous behavior or security incidents.
Training
Item 11: Train teachers and administrators on AI risks, limitations, safety and compliance.
THREE BANNED DESIGNS, Rule 6A-1.0957(3)(f)
No AI designed, marketed or set up to (1) meet a student's social or emotional needs, (2) act as a friend, companion or emotional relationship, or (3) use human-like relationship features to keep a student interacting.
MY ROLE (tick one): [ ] all staff [ ] teacher [ ] administrator or tool approver
OUR POLICY LINK: [web address of our internet safety policy]
OUR AI CONTACT: [name, email, phone, or "unknown"]