Georgia Professional Standards Commission creates AI endorsement for teachers, approves two RESAs to offer it

The Georgia Professional Standards Commission adopted new rules creating an Artificial Intelligence for Educators Endorsement and Micro-Endorsement for teachers, and granted developmental approval to two RESAs to begin offering related AI credentialing programs.

At its September meeting, the Georgia Professional Standards Commission approved new certification rules, numbered 505-2-.198 and 505-2-.199, creating an Artificial Intelligence for Educators Endorsement and an Artificial Intelligence for Educators Micro-Endorsement, set to take effect October 15, 2026. The same month, the commission granted developmental approval to Middle Georgia RESA and Northwest Georgia RESA to offer an Artificial Intelligence for Educators Endorsement and a Foundations of Artificial Intelligence in Education Micro-Endorsement.

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A dedicated AI endorsement pathway for Georgia teachers may shape how the state’s students are introduced to artificial intelligence concepts in the classroom, though the report does not describe curriculum content itself.