California SCR 82 (Relative to AI in Public Higher Education 2025)

Summary

Encourages the President of the University of California, the Chancellor of the California State University, and the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to create a workgroup comprising faculty, staff, and administrators to evaluate the use of artificial intelligence in higher education.

Directs the workgroup to discuss strategies and best practices for the acceptable use of AI, emphasizing academic honesty, ethical standards, and the mitigation of plagiarism.

Advises the workgroup to focus on AI's role in student academic support and faculty professional development.

Recommends collaboration with faculty, students, external higher education experts, and associated student bodies for insights.

Suggests the workgroup develop a report detailing their agreed-upon strategies and practices for AI use in academics.

Instructs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute this resolution to relevant academic senate chairs and the author.

Summarizes the rapid advancement of AI as presenting opportunities and challenges in higher education.

BILL TEXT

WHEREAS, The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence presents unprecedented opportunities and challenges for both students and faculty in higher education; and

Requires University of California, Cal State, and California Community Colleges to foster responsible AI integration.

WHEREAS, The University of California, California State University, and California Community Colleges are leading higher education institutions in California, the nation, and the world that play a pivotal role in shaping the academic landscape and must play an active role in fostering responsible artificial intelligence integration; and

WHEREAS, These three institutions work closely together to ensure academic success for students; and

Emphasizes the importance of understanding AI use in academic assignments for fostering innovation and integrity.

WHEREAS, The collaboration between these segments is vital to the coordination of student education, services, and outcomes; and

WHEREAS, Understanding how to use artificial intelligence in academic assignments is crucial to creating an environment that values innovation and knowledge while upholding academic honesty and integrity; now, therefore, be it

Encourages California university officials to create a workgroup to review AI use in higher education.

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature encourages the President of the University of California, theChancellor of the California State University, and the Chancellor for the California Community Colleges to create a workgroup of faculty, staff, and administrators to review the use of artificial intelligence in higher education; and be it further

Resolved, That the workgroup should discuss strategies and best practices that lead to the acceptable use of artificial intelligence in higher education while emphasizing academic honesty and ethical academic standards; and be it further

Requires the workgroup to discuss AI use strategies in California public higher education and academic studies.

Resolved, That the workgroup should discuss strategies and best practices for acceptable use of artificial intelligence across the three segments of California public higher education; and be it further

Resolved, That the workgroup should discuss strategies and best practices for the use of artificial intelligence in academic studies, including, but not limited to, mitigating plagiarism and ethically using artificial intelligence in academic assignments; and be it further

Instructs the workgroup to discuss AI strategies for student academic and faculty professional support.

Resolved, That the workgroup should discuss strategies and best practices for using artificial intelligence as it relates to providing student academic support; and be it further

Resolved, That the workgroup should discuss and strategize on ways to provide professional support to professors on using artificial intelligence in student and faculty work; and be it further

Instructs a workgroup to discuss AI detection in student work and best practices for usage violations.

Resolved, That the workgroup should discuss and strategize on ways to provide professional support to professors on recognizing the use of artificial intelligence in student work, including reliable technologies for checking student work, and how to work with students to appropriately inform students when professors believe artificial intelligence was improperly used; and be it further

Resolved, That the workgroup should discuss best practices for responding to violations of artificial intelligence usage standards, with student participation in these discussions for relevant feedback; and be it further

Encourages the workgroup to collaborate with AI experts, higher education stakeholders, and student bodies in California.

Resolved, That the Legislature encourages the workgroup to collaborate with faculty, administrators, and students at the higher education segments, as well as individuals who work in higher education outside of California and experts in artificial intelligence; and be it further

Resolved, That the Legislature encourages the workgroup to collaborate with liaisons from the statewide associated student bodies of the three segments of California public higher education; and be it further

Encourages the workgroup to publicize AI usage strategies and best practices in a report.

Resolved, That the Legislature encourages the workgroup to create a report and make public the strategies and best practices for artificial intelligence usage agreed upon by the workgroup; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to chairs of the academic senates at the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, and to the author for appropriate distribution.