Grants, standards & toolkits.

2026 budget item providing $500,000 in one-time FY2027 funding for UVA to coordinate planning of a Commonwealth Artificial Intelligence Institute with Virginia universities and public-private partners. The plan is due July 1, 2027 to the Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority and money committees.

Signed Sept. 18, 2026. Creates a rapid-response AI Task Force and an AI Policy Planning Unit to review Virginia law for AI enforcement options and assess AI cybersecurity risks, and sets data center accountability measures. Rescinds EO 30 (2024); policies issued under it stay in effect until replaced.

Public FAQ guidance from UVA on appropriate use of generative AI in teaching and learning, covering assignment design, privacy, permitted study uses, citing AI use, and limits on AI grading and AI-detection tools.

Legislative study dated Oct. 13, 2026 finding that about a third of state agencies use or pilot AI tools while VITA's AI standards are largely uniform regardless of risk. Recommends risk-tiered oversight, clearer standards and mandatory AI literacy training for state employees.

Guide dated Sept. 10, 2025, based on the 2025 AI in Education Summit, offering a roadmap for AI in K-12, community colleges and universities: policy (including a proposed state AI tool clearinghouse), curriculum and teacher training, rural access and safeguards. States it does not represent SCHEV's views.