Virginia Code § 22.1-20.2:1 — School AI use, safety guidance and local school-board policies

AI-use reference. Current; pilot subsection sunsets in 2030. Applies to: Virginia Department of Education and each local school board, including Newport News Public Schools Requirements or purpose: DOE must compile instructional AI uses and publish safe, ethical and equitable use guidance. Guidance addresses privacy, bias, transparency, data agreements prohibiting external model training with division/student data, high-stakes sole-reliance prohibitions, educator training, accessibility and standards alignment. Each school board must establish, implement and enforce policies consistent with DOE guidance. Approved instructional use must support teacher transcript access and teacher/administrator monitoring; division-managed environments include access controls, oversight, logs and moderation. Funded pilot requires evaluation plans and annual December 1 reports. Limits: Separate public-school governance; does not automatically bind every city office. Development/prototyping/research systems not yet made available to deployers/consumers excluded by definition. Pilot is conditional on appropriations.