CA SB928: California State University: faculty employees.

In one paragraph

California's SB 928 (Education Code § 89500.3) requires the instructor of record for a California State University course to be a person who meets the trustees' rules for faculty teaching credit or noncredit instruction, and every CSU faculty employee, from professors and lecturers to librarians, counselors and coaches, to be a person meeting the trustees' rules for that position. AI appears in one clause: the section does not prohibit CSU employees from using artificial intelligence tools to assist CSU operations or to serve students. Signed August 27, 2026 (Chapter 149); effective January 1, 2027.

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What it means for business

No duties for businesses. CSU staff may use AI tools to assist operations and serve students, but each course's instructor of record must be a person who meets the trustees' faculty rules.

Key provisions

1. 1New Education Code § 89500.3; faculty employee includes, but is not limited to, CSU professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches in instructional or noninstructional, full-time, part-time, probationary, tenured, temporary and extension-for-credit positions
2. 2The instructor of record for a course of instruction must be a person who meets the trustees' rule under § 89500 to serve as a faculty employee teaching credit or noncredit instruction
3. 3Every CSU faculty employee must be a person who meets the trustees' rule to serve in that position
4. 4The section does not prohibit CSU employees from using artificial intelligence tools to assist in CSU operations or in providing services to students; the law does not otherwise mention AI
5. 5Signed August 27, 2026 (Chapter 149, Statutes of 2026); effective January 1, 2027

Latest legislative action

Aug 27, 2026. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 149, Statutes of 2026.

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