{"id":176482,"date":"2026-01-06T17:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/department-releases-model-policy-for-artificial-intelligence-in-education\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T08:45:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T13:45:43","slug":"department-releases-model-policy-for-artificial-intelligence-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/department-releases-model-policy-for-artificial-intelligence-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Department releases model policy for artificial intelligence in education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/education.ohio.gov\/Media\/Ed-Connection\/Jan-6-2026\/Department-releases-model-policy-for-artificial-in\">Department releases model policy for artificial intelligence in education<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/education.ohio.gov\/Media\/Ed-Connection\/Jan-6-2026\/Department-releases-model-policy-for-artificial-in\">https:\/\/education.ohio.gov\/Media\/Ed-Connection\/Jan-6-2026\/Department-releases-model-policy-for-artificial-in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-06 17:04:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"education.ohio.gov\">education.ohio.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce released a model policy on artificial intelligence (AI) in education in December.<\/li>\n<li>All Ohio traditional public school districts, community schools, and STEM schools must adopt a formal AI policy by July 1 as mandated by House Bill 96.<\/li>\n<li>The model policy is a template that districts can use as is or adapt to their local needs, emphasizing the department&#8217;s aim to prepare students for a technology-driven future.<\/li>\n<li>Developed in collaboration with Ohio&#8217;s AI in Education Coalition, the policy incorporates feedback from educators, businesses, nonprofits, and government leaders.<\/li>\n<li>It addresses ethical use of AI, ensuring academic integrity, data privacy, and security, while offering strategies for integrating AI into the curriculum and evaluating third-party tools.<\/li>\n<li>The model policy builds on the AI Toolkit launched in February 2024 by InnovateOhio in partnership with the AI Education Project (aiEDU).<\/li>\n<li>Resources and the full model policy are available on the Department\u2019s AI in Education webpage, with more tools and guidance in development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department releases model policy for artificial intelligence in education https:\/\/education.ohio.gov\/Media\/Ed-Connection\/Jan-6-2026\/Department-releases-model-policy-for-artificial-in Publish Date: 2026-01-06 17:04:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":176483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/education.ohio.gov\/getattachment\/Media\/Ed-Connection\/Jan-6-2026\/Department-releases-model-policy-for-artificial-in\/Story-A.png.aspx?lang=en-US","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-176482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176482"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176482"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176484,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176482\/revisions\/176484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}