Rule 6A-1.0957, F.A.C., Internet Safety Policy (2026 amendment on artificial intelligence instructional tools)

Record US-FL-13 · Rule 6A-1.0957, Florida Administrative Code

Issued by: Florida State Board of Education (Department of Education)
Jurisdiction: Florida (US)
Level · region: Sub-national · North America
Country: United States
Published / adopted: 2026-10-09
In force: 2026-10-29
Language: English
Official identifier: Rule 6A-1.0957, Florida Administrative Code

Summary

Amendment to the State Board of Education rule on school internet safety policies. By 1 Jul 2027 each district school board and charter school governing board must amend its policy on AI instructional tools: plain-language notice to parents and opt-in for direct student use, with a non-AI alternative; extra review for VPK to grade 5; no undisclosed behaviour monitoring, social scoring or psychological profiling; human review of AI decisions; adult supervision, logs and a shut-off for agentic AI; training on AI risks; incident reports to the Department; no use of student data to train commercial AI models. AI designed to simulate friendship or meet students' emotional needs is barred.

Safety topics

child safetyhuman oversightprohibited practicesincident reportingtransparency & labellingpublic-sector use

Scope

Borderline scope Borderline as a rule on AI use in one public sector: the State Board of Education binds every Florida school district and charter school governing board to adopt AI safety policies. Included because rules that a government body sets for a whole sector are in scope.

Status notes

Rule 6A-1.0957, first adopted in 2023 (effective 22 Aug 2023), requires local policies for student access to the internet. Notices of development of the AI amendment were published on 8 Jun and 21 Jul 2026 and the proposed amendment on 26 Aug 2026, with a hearing before the State Board of Education on 16 Sep 2026, at which the Board adopted the AI rules. A notice of change published on 18 Sep 2026 added definitions of autonomous or agentic AI, the supervision, logging and shut-off requirements for agentic tools, the ban on AI as a decision maker without human review, and reporting of unexpected autonomous behaviour or security incidents. The policies must also require tools that are accurate, transparent and viewpoint neutral, a public list of approved tools, records of student interactions kept at least 30 days for parental access, and reports to the Department on the tools in use. The rule was filed with the Department of State on 9 Oct 2026 and takes effect on 29 Oct 2026.

Sources

Open the official source https://www.flrules.org/gateway/ruleNo.asp?id=6A-1.0957

Local copy

Archived. Last attempt 2026-10-15 10:20:03 UTC

Official source (third-party copy, not published) archive/_runs/2026-10-14-discover-codes-us-fl/C012/2026-10-14/official.html

Retrieved 2026-10-14 15:57:40 UTC

SHA-256 2ba17953a0b18d3107bda5d1c5b4657a39aa4f554b209a314e6066721b122c45

Verification

The instrument's own official text, or an official register, was stored and confirms the title, date and status. checked 2026-10-15 · official-url-fetched

Stored in this run, all from official hosts. From flrules.org (the Florida Administrative Code and Register site of the Florida Department of State): the rule page for 6A-1.0957, unchanged since 14 Oct 2026, with the effective date of the latest adopted version and the notice history; the final notice 31488060, with the rule file date (9 Oct 2026) and the effective date (29 Oct 2026); the Florida Administrative Register issues of 26 Aug 2026 (notice of proposed rule with the full proposed text and the hearing date of 16 Sep 2026) and 18 Sep 2026 (notice of change made by the Board); and the text of the rule as adopted, a Word file that has no text layer and so cannot be quoted. From fldoe.org: the Department of Education press release of 16 Sep 2026 saying that the State Board adopted the AI rules that day. The summary follows the proposed text as changed by the notice of change; a plain-text reading of the adopted Word file shows the same provisions.

Second check: Independent check by Claude Code (claude-sonnet-5-5), 2026-10-15: 8 field(s) supported.

History

2026-10-15verification.level: C → A — level computed from the evidence by tools/pipeline.py2026-10-15-refresh-ids-us-fl-13-us-fl-14 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
2026-10-15scope_note: – → Borderline as a rule on AI use in one public sector: the State Board of Educatio — precedent of 15 Oct 2026 in pipeline/scope-decisions.md (Institutions and sector-wide rules): a state education department's rule for all school districts is in, with a scope_note2026-10-15-refresh-ids-us-fl-13-us-fl-14 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
2026-10-14Added to the register — found in pipeline run 2026-10-14-discover-codes-us-fl, candidate C012 (US-FL/ministries)2026-10-14-discover-codes-us-fl · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

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Citation

Florida State Board of Education (Department of Education). Rule 6A-1.0957, F.A.C., Internet Safety Policy (2026 amendment on artificial intelligence instructional tools) [Rule 6A-1.0957, Florida Administrative Code]. 2026-10-09. https://www.flrules.org/gateway/ruleNo.asp?id=6A-1.0957. Status: Adopted, not yet in force; verified 2026-10-15 (level A). Local copy archive/_runs/2026-10-14-discover-codes-us-fl/C012/2026-10-14/official.html retrieved 2026-10-14 15:57:40 UTC, SHA-256 2ba17953a0b18d3107bda5d1c5b4657a39aa4f554b209a314e6066721b122c45. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record US-FL-13.

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