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COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
OFFICE OF COUNCILMEMBER BROOKE PINTO
THE JOHN A. WILSON BUILDING
1350 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., SUITE 106
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004
November 17, 2025
Nyasha Howard
Secretary Council of the District of Columbia
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
Dear Secretary Howard,
Today, I am introducing the “ Artificial Intelligence Literacy in Education Act of 2025 .” Please find
enclosed a signed copy of the legislation. This legislation would provide support for students and educators
to develop knowledge and skills in media literacy to navigate a world that is increasingly shaped by artificial
intelligence (AI).
AI is already changing the world in which our students are growing up. Increasingly, citizens have had to
contend with deepfake disinformation, cyber scams, and social media cyber-harassment.1 In educational
settings especially, students must contend with the uses and abuses of AI platforms, which can lead to both
intentional and inadvertent academic misconduct through plagiarism and platform-invented fake source
generation. 2 At the same time, there is promise that artificial and generative intelligence can be
appropriately harnessed to advance learning, instruction, and research in both creative and efficient ways.
This bill aims to prepare and equip our students to handle an ine luctably digitized world. The bill aims to
equip students to better be able to understand how cutting-edge artificial and generative intelligence
technologies work, how to use them responsibly, and how to think critically about the impact artificial and
generative tools are already having on our day to day lives. This bill proposes to support students and
educators by requiring education agencies to develop policies on the instruction and use of artificial and
generative intelligence and by requiring the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) to
create guidance surrounding the use and instruction of artificial and generative intelligence tools and to
further professional development on the instruction of AI for educators.
We are seeing states’ legislatures moving to create guidance surrounding the use and instruction of AI,
including Tennessee and Ohio. The bill draws from growing efforts of legislative proposals and policies in
other jurisdictions, including Ohio and Tennessee and neighboring Arlington, Virginia’s Public School
1 Tate Ryan-Mosley, How generative AI is boosting the spread of disinformation and propaganda, MIT Technology
Review (Oct. 4, 2023), available here; Peter Suciu, The Spread of Misinformation on social media is getting worse,
Forbes (June 5, 2025), available here.
2 Saeed Awah Bin-Nashwan et al., Use of Chat GPT in academia: Academic integrity hangsi n the balance
Technology in Society (Nov. 2024), available here; Damian Okaibedi Eke, ChatGPT and the rise of generative AI:
Threat to academic integrity? Journal of Responsible Technology (April 2023), available here.
COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
OFFICE OF COUNCILMEMBER BROOKE PINTO
THE JOHN A. WILSON BUILDING
1350 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., SUITE 106
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004
District, but also presents a new version of these policies that will guide instructors and students on the use
of artificial and generative intelligence as well as media literacy.3
We must remain focused on increasing positive educational outcomes for students and preparing them for
success in a world where AI is everywhere—and not going anywhere.
Should you have any questions about this legislation, please contact my Committee and Legislative Director,
Linn Groft, at lgroft@dccouncil.gov.
Thank you,
Brooke Pinto
Councilmember, Ward 2
Chairwoman, Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety
Council of the District of Columbia
3 Artificial Intelligence and APS: APS Guidance for the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Schools (2025),
available here; For the Ohio law, see Title 33 of Ohio Rev. Code Section 3301.24, available here; for Tennessee’s
legislative proposal, see HB0531 SB0514, available here.
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Councilmember Brooke Pinto
A BILL
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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To direct local education agencies to adopt and implement a model AI literacy policy addressing 1
appropriate use and instruction of artificial and generative intelligence by students and 2
staff for educational purposes. 3
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 5
act may be cited as the “Artificial Intelligence Literacy in Education Act of 2025”. 6
Sec. 2. Definitions. 7
For the purposes of this act, the term: 8
(1) “AI” means artificial intelligence, which is the simulation of human 9
intelligence through the use of algorithms, data, and computational powers with the goal of 10
enabling machines or software to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as 11
learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and language understanding. 12
(2) “AI Literacy” means the knowledge and skills needed to interact with artificial 13
and generative intelligence systems effectively, including understanding how AI functions and 14
the use of AI responsibly to monitor its performance and to think about its role in human lives. 15
This includes learning about how AI is made and used, recognizing both positive aspects and 16
potential issues, considering the moral and ethical questions AI raises, and learning the skills 17
needed to assess the accuracy, credibility, and provenance of digital content, including content 18
that may be AI generated. 19
(3) “Generative AI” means a type of technology that generates new content such 20
as text, images, audio, code, and video resembling what humans can produce by learning patterns 21
and structures from existing data. It learns from inputs and searchable data. 22
(4) “LEA” means local education agency, which is the District of Columbia 23
Public Schools system or any individual public character school or group of public charter 24
schools operating under a single charter. 25
(5) “OSSE” means Office of the State Superintendent of Education. 26
Sec. 3. LEA requirements for an artificial and generative intelligence literacy policy. 27
(a) No later than 15 days before the start of the 2026-27 School Year, each LEA serving 28
students enrolled in grades 9-12 shall adopt and implement a model AI literacy policy addressing 29
appropriate use and instruction of artificial and generative intelligence by students and staff for 30
educational purposes. 31
(a) Each LEA’s AI literacy policy shall: 32
(1) Introduce artificial and generative intelligence concepts; 33
(2) Define appropriate and responsible access and use of artificial and generative 34
intelligence in an educational setting; and 35
(3) Critically evaluate various artificial and generative intelligence tools within 36
the curriculum taught by the educator with a focus on transparency, equity, accountability, 37
privacy, security, safety, and the ability to assess the intent and credibility behind AI generated 38
content. 39
(b) OSSE shall: 40
(1) Issue guidance on how to implement the required instruction and provide a 41
professional development program in artificial and generative intelligence education for 42
educators, including professional and operational efficiency and personal and social wellbeing 43
for students and staff; and 44
(2) Require at least one professional development course per school year for 45
educators to gain knowledge and skills to integrate artificial and generative AI into their 46
teaching, including training media literacy skills relevant to AI, such as evaluating sources, 47
identifying AI generated content, and teaching students how to navigate misinformation. 48
Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement. 49
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal 50
impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, 51
approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a). 52
Sec. 5. Effective date. 53
This act shall take effect after approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 54
Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of congressional review as 55
provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 56
24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of 57
Columbia Register. 58