ILStandards & Frameworks
Artificial Intelligence Guidance for K-12 Schools
Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
Statewide guidance (June 2026) on informed AI use in schools, issued under Public Act 104-0399: teaching and learning, district AI policy templates, AI literacy and digital citizenship, privacy, equity and procurement. It is advisory, not a mandate; ISBE plans no-cost professional learning in 2026-27.
ILStandards & Frameworks
DoIT Artificial Intelligence Policy
Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT)
Enterprise policy governing the use of AI by Illinois state agencies under DoIT, effective April 1, 2025. Listed with DoIT's other IT policies.
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Executive Order 2026-07: Illinois Artificial Intelligence Cabinet
Office of the Governor of Illinois
Signed September 22, 2026, EO 2026-07 creates the Illinois Artificial Intelligence Cabinet of academic experts and senior state agency leaders to assess AI risks to residents and critical infrastructure and recommend policies on incident response, protection of public assets and regulation. The cabinet sunsets no later than December 31, 2027.
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Generative AI and Natural Language Processing Task Force Report
Illinois Generative AI and Natural Language Processing Task Force / DoIT
Report released January 29, 2025, recommending worker reskilling and labor protections, safeguards against algorithmic discrimination, deepfake rules for political ads, stronger privacy protections and energy-efficient AI development.
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IBM-Illinois Discovery Accelerator Institute (Renewal and Expansion)
Office of the Governor / University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign / IBM
Announced April 16, 2026: five-year expansion of the AI and quantum research institute, with locations in Urbana and at the Discovery Partners Institute in Chicago, expanded STEM education and workforce training, and student access to UIUC supercomputing and IBM quantum systems.