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Oregon panel outlines K–12 AI rules and HEC’s NVIDIA ambassador program
Summary
District IT and state higher‑education officials told the Senate Education Committee that K–12 AI use should be governed by classroom‑level guidance while the Higher Education Coordinating Commission is launching an AI ambassador program with NVIDIA funded by CHIPS Act dollars to train faculty and expand AI instruction.
Chair Frederick convened the Senate Interim Committee on Education on Nov. 18 for a panel on artificial intelligence in Oregon schools and colleges, where district and state officials described local policies and a new higher‑education training program backed by NVIDIA.
Susan Bernard, IT director for Tigard‑Tualatin School District, told the committee the district avoided a single, all‑purpose AI policy and instead adopted two complementary policies—an academic‑integrity policy and a responsible‑use‑of‑technology policy—and translated them into classroom guidance and teacher training. Bernard said the district uses a ‘‘stoplight’’ system (green/yellow/red) by assignment to indicate when AI is allowed, allowed with conditions, or not allowed, and that teachers have adjusted instruction…
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