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COM COL-COURSE INSTRUCTOR-AI, the official text

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HB1859 Enrolled                     LRB104 05178 LNS 15207 b

1   AN ACT concerning education.

2   Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4   Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by

5 adding Section 3-29.28 as follows:

6   (110 ILCS 805/3-29.28 new)

7   Sec. 3-29.28. Use of artificial intelligence in

8 instruction.

9   (a) As used in this Section, "artificial intelligence" has

10 the same meaning given to the term in Section 2-101 of the

11 Illinois Human Rights Act.

12  (b) Each board shall require the faculty member who

13 teaches a course to be an individual who meets the

14 qualifications set forth in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1501.303(f) and

15 any other applicable rules adopted by the State Board. A

16 course may not, in lieu of a faculty member, use artificial

17 intelligence as the sole source of instruction for students.

18  (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit

19 a faculty member from using artificial intelligence to augment

20 course instruction.
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