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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Erica Moore and 1 co-sponsor

Illinois Board of Higher Education must assess AI education, research, and development across colleges, then recommend a State-funded grant program and future course offerings.

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Summary — HB 2655: Artificial Intelligence Education Report (Board of Higher Education Act)

Status & procedural timeline
- Introduced: Early February 2025 (filed by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid in Illinois; other metadata in the file appears to conflate documents from multiple states).
- Key legislative actions (as recorded): advanced through committee, passed both chambers in May 2025, sent to and signed by the Governor; effective date recorded as September 1, 2025.
- Reporting and sunset deadlines: the Board must deliver the report within 18 months after the bill’s effective date; the statutory provision is repealed 2 years after the effective date.

Purpose and intent
- Require the Illinois Board of Higher Education to prepare a time-limited, statewide assessment of artificial intelligence (AI) education, research, and development activity at public and private institutions of higher education, and to provide recommendations to the General Assembly — including how to design a State-funded grant program to support AI education and commercialization.

Key provisions
- New Section (110 ILCS 205/9.45): “Artificial intelligence education report.”
- Report deadline: Submit to the General Assembly within 18 months after the bill becomes effective.
- Minimum contents required (at least):
1. Inventory of all existing academic programs and courses addressing AI use, development, and the ethical/social implications of AI systems.
2. Plans for future programs and courses.
3. Current and planned research projects on AI use, development, and implications.
4. Current and planned efforts to develop AI systems at institutions.
5. Recommendations to expand academic programs and course offerings on AI.
6. Recommendations for implementing a State-funded grant program to promote AI academic study and commercial development, with suggested objectives such as:
- Developing hands-on AI labs for student learning.
- Creating virtual learning platforms for remote/individualized AI education.
- Developing programming and pedagogical tools for AI education targeted at secondary school teachers and community education.
- Sunset: The section automatically repeals two years after the amendatory act’s effective date.

Who is affected
- Illinois Board of Higher Education (responsible for preparing the report).
- Public and private colleges and universities in Illinois (subject of the inventory and recommendations).
- State policymakers (General Assembly receives the report and recommendations).
- Potential beneficiaries of recommended grant programs: students, faculty, K–12 teachers, community education programs, and institutions seeking to scale AI research and commercialization.

Limitations and notes
- The bill mandates a report and recommendations only; it does not itself create or fund the proposed State grant program.
- The provided document also contains unrelated text (an Arizona statute amendment concerning agricultural improvement district meetings). That appears to be an editorial inclusion and is not part of the Illinois Board of Higher Education provision described above.