{"id":224268,"date":"2026-06-02T06:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/maryland-schools-to-implement-ai-guidance-training-under-new-law-taking-effect-monday\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T06:55:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:55:35","slug":"maryland-schools-to-implement-ai-guidance-training-under-new-law-taking-effect-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/maryland-schools-to-implement-ai-guidance-training-under-new-law-taking-effect-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland schools to implement AI guidance, training under new law taking effect Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbal.com\/maryland-schools-to-implement-ai-guidance-training-under-new-law-taking-effect-monday\">Maryland schools to implement AI guidance, training under new law taking effect Monday<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbal.com\/maryland-schools-to-implement-ai-guidance-training-under-new-law-taking-effect-monday\">https:\/\/www.wbal.com\/maryland-schools-to-implement-ai-guidance-training-under-new-law-taking-effect-monday<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-02 06:48:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wbal.com\">www.wbal.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maryland&#8217;s Artificial Intelligence Ready School Act came into effect, requiring school districts to develop policies for AI use in schools.<\/li>\n<li>The new law aims to prepare students for an AI-driven workforce and includes guidelines on AI instruction for K-12 students.<\/li>\n<li>Opinions on AI use in schools vary, with concerns about misuse and calls for careful, responsible use.<\/li>\n<li>Senator Katie Fry Hester emphasized the importance of teaching students how to use AI responsibly, noting the widespread use of AI in future careers.<\/li>\n<li>The law includes provisions for professional development in AI, integrating AI literacy into computer science standards, and establishing an AI collaborative for best practices.<\/li>\n<li>School districts are to develop district-specific policies, adopt AI tools, and appoint AI coordinators based on the guidance developed by Maryland State Department of Education leaders.<\/li>\n<li>Some districts, like Howard County, have already begun incorporating AI into classroom activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maryland schools to implement AI guidance, training under new law taking effect Monday https:\/\/www.wbal.com\/maryland-schools-to-implement-ai-guidance-training-under-new-law-taking-effect-monday Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":224269,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2100\/2026\/06\/02064756\/gettyimages-2216907284-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-224268","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\/224268"}],"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=224268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224270,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224268\/revisions\/224270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}