California Assembly Bill 2876 (2024)

Require the commission to incorporate AI literacy in curriculum frameworks for mathematics, science, and history-social science. Consider AI literacy in instructional materials criteria when next adopted after January 1, 2025.

  • Authority: California
  • Parent authority: State governments
  • Jurisdiction: United States
  • Collections: U.S. state and local documents
  • Most recent activity: Enacted
  • Most recent activity date: 2024-09-30

Risk subdomain coverage

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal to no coverage of AI risk domains. It focuses on educational curriculum requirements for AI literacy rather than addressing specific AI risks or harms. No risk subdomains receive substantive coverage.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

  • Educational Services

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs the Educational Services sector by mandating that California's education commission incorporate AI literacy into curriculum frameworks and instructional materials criteria for K-12 education. No other economic sectors are directly governed.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding state legislative act that amends the California Education Code with mandatory requirements for the state commission to consider AI literacy in curriculum frameworks and instructional materials criteria.

Actors

Proposer

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Summary: The document is a California Assembly Bill enacted by the state legislature, as indicated by the formal enactment clause and bill number.

Target

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Summary: The bill targets the commission responsible for curriculum frameworks and the state board responsible for adopting instructional materials, requiring them to consider AI literacy in their processes.

Enforcer

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Summary: The state board and commission are responsible for implementing the requirements through their curriculum framework revision and instructional materials adoption processes.

Monitor

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Summary: The same bodies responsible for enforcement would monitor compliance through their regular curriculum and materials review processes, though no explicit monitoring mechanism is specified in this excerpt.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

No lifecycle stages identified.

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not directly address AI system development lifecycle stages. Instead, it focuses on educational curriculum requirements for teaching AI literacy to students. It does not govern the planning, development, deployment, or monitoring of AI systems themselves.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

No technical scope terms identified.

Technical Scope Summary

The document defines AI literacy in educational terms but does not explicitly mention or define AI models, AI systems, or any specific technical categories of AI. It focuses on teaching about AI rather than governing AI development or deployment.

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2876
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