Amends TCA Title 49.

ON FEBRUARY 22, 2024, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1711, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to require the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, the board of regents, and each local governing board of trustees of a state university to adopt a policy regarding the use of artificial intelligence technology by students, faculty, and staff for instructional and assignment purposes, to be implemented by no later than July 1, 2025. As used in this amendment, "artificial intelligence" means a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing real or virtual environments and that is capable of using machine and human-based inputs to perceive real and virtual environments, abstract such perceptions into models through analysis in an automated manner, and use model inference to formulate options for information or action. This amendment encourages public institutions of higher education to collaborate in the development and implementation of policies regarding the use of artificial intelligence technology. Under this amendment, the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, the board of regents, and each local governing board of trustees of a state university must post any such adopted policy on the institution's website and submit the policy to the chair of the education committee of the senate and the chair of the education administration committee of the house of representatives no later than July 1, 2025. If the governing board of a public institution of higher education fails to adopt and submit a policy as required by this amendment, then the governing board for the respective institution must appear before the joint government operations committee no later than 60 days after July 1, 2025, to report on the governing board's noncompliance. BOARDS OF EDUCATION This amendment requires the local board of education to adopt a policy regarding the use of artificial intelligence by students, teachers, and staff for instructional and assignment purposes, to be implemented in schools no later than the 2024-2025 school year. By July 1, 2024, and by each July 1 thereafter, the board must report to the department of education of its compliance with this requirement. The report must include the adopted policy and describe how the board will enforce the policy in the upcoming school year. PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS This amendment requires the governing body of a public charter school to adopt a policy regarding the use of artificial intelligence by students, teachers, and staff for instructional and assignment purposes, to be implemented in each public charter school no later than the 2024-2025 school year. By July 1, 2024, and by each July 1 thereafter, the governing body must report to the department of education of its compliance with this amendment. The report must include the adopted policy and describe how the governing body will enforce the policy in the upcoming school year.