Demystifying AI Governance: What Florida’s New AI Rule Means for Districts Across the Country
Your AI policy isn’t an IT decision. Florida just made that official.
Every district is being asked about their AI policy, but the questions rarely get to the heart of the issue. It’s not solely a tools decision that can be collapsed into a binary: approve it or ban it call. The definition of “AI instructional tool” is broad enough to reach well past chatbots and into tools you already vetted - the language still needs to be settled before policies are built.
We recently sat down with three education leaders to discuss and build a framework around the four questions your board will actually ask: what are we approving, what do we tell parents, what’s the alternative, and can we even do this, and how practitioners are answering each one today.
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Featuring insights from
Jim Horne
Jim is a nationally known education reform leader who served as Florida’s first appointed Commissioner of Education.
Dr. Maya Israel
Dr. Maya is a professor of educational technology and computer science (CS) education at the University of Florida, and leads Florida’s K-12 AI Education Task Force.
Maurice Draggon
Maurice is a lifelong educator who has experience as a Classroom Teacher, Resource Teacher, and District Administrator. Among his many jobs, he has steered the development of Orange County Public Schools. 1:1 Digital Device program.