Alabama: AI Education Policies and Guidance

Coverage status

  • Policy status: Policy or guidance identified.
  • Last reviewed: 2026-08-28.

Policy summary

Enacted on April 16, 2026, HB 329 mandates that starting with the graduating class of 2032, all public K-12 students in Alabama must earn at least one credit in an approved computer science course. The definition of “computer science” explicitly includes artificial intelligence.

Policy themes: #usage-guardrails | #student-privacy | #research-taskforce | #mandatory-credit