The State Board of Education shall require each local board of education to do all of the following before the start of the 2024-2025 school year:
- (1) Develop a written policy on student discipline and education related to the distribution of private images as defined in Section 13A-6-240, and the distribution, dissemination, public display, advertising, promoting, presenting, soliciting, possession, possession with intent to distribute, and production of child sexual abuse material as defined in Division 4 of Article 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 13A.
- (2) Include within the written policy a prohibition of private, explicit, or pornographic images generated with artificial intelligence.
- (3) Broadly disseminate the policy following its adoption.
- (4) Distribute copies of the policy to all teachers, staff, parents, and students.
(Act 2024-98, §7.)