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Austin Community College is writing its AI policy
Austin Community College says it is writing what it calls its first-ever AI policy. Its AI site already links a use policy PDF marked for faculty and staff. The post names no vote.
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Austin Community College says it is developing an AI policy in alignment with its newly launched TRUST framework. Its post says the framework is meant to help shape what it calls its first-ever AI policy. The college posted the announcement on its faculty and staff news site October 9th, 2026.
The college's AI Resource Hub already links a PDF titled Acceptable Use of Artificial Intelligence Policy, marked for faculty and staff only. The post does not say whether the new policy replaces that document or sits beside it. It describes the policy as in development and names no adoption date, no vote and no adopting body.
The rules in the framework
Two collegewide AI committees developed the framework, one for strategic planning and one for implementation. Each of its rules is one sentence in the post.
The first rule asks people to say so when AI plays a meaningful role in their work. Another asks them to check AI generated content carefully before they use or share it. The third says AI may support a person's work and should never replace their expertise, decision making or responsibility. One asks for honest work and real learning. The last asks for respect for copyright and for other people's creative work.
Who the college is asking
The college says more than 79,000 students rely on it for their education each year. It says the October events are meant to gather community feedback and build capacity to discuss AI. It invites faculty, staff, students and community members to take part in one or more of them.
A Faculty and Student AI Town Hall is set for Monday, October 12th at the Rio Grande Campus. The college says it will cover in-progress AI policies. A faculty convocation titled The Two AIs meets Friday, October 16th at the Eastview Campus. A community seminar on Thursday, October 22nd at the Highland Campus is a guided discussion of E. M. Forster's story The Machine Stops. The seminar is open to community members. Feedback and questions go through a form on the college's page about getting involved with generative AI.
What the post leaves open
The post names no adoption date, no vote and no adopting body. The college's AI site already links a use policy PDF marked for faculty and staff only. A reader of the post can't tell who decides between the two documents or when.
Other Texas schools this fall
In a September 9th post UT Austin said new partnerships with Anthropic and OpenAI make Claude EDU and ChatGPT EDU available. It says it provides both to its entire community at no cost. Richardson ISD's draft legislative priorities list the responsible use of technology and AI first. Its board is expected to vote on them on October 15th. KFOX14 reported that an El Paso ISD draft framework would bar students through eighth grade from using AI to complete schoolwork.
Sources for this story
- ACC InfoHub post, Help Shape ACC's AI Policy Development, October 9th, 2026
- ACC AI Resource Hub, Responsible Use Guidance page
- ACC, About ACC
- UT Austin Enterprise Technology news, Advancing AI at UT Austin, September 9th, 2026
- KFOX14, EPISD considers framework for AI in schools, September 13th, 2026
- Richardson ISD, September Board Meeting Highlights, September 18th, 2026
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Austin Community College says it is developing an AI policy in alignment with its newly launched TRUST framework and will hold conversations and events in October.
in alignment with the newly launched TRUST framework and will host a series of conversations and events in October
The college says the October events are meant to gather community feedback and build capacity to discuss AI and its effect on the college.
events in October to gather community feedback and build collective capacity to discuss AI and its impact on the College.
The college's post says the framework is meant to help shape what it calls its first-ever AI policy.
exploring how the framework can help shape the College’s first-ever AI policy.
Two collegewide AI committees, for strategic planning and for implementation, developed the TRUST framework.
The Collegewide AI Strategic Planning and Implementation Steering Committees developed the TRUST framework
The first TRUST rule, Tell Where AI Was Used, asks people to say so when AI plays a meaningful role in their work.
Tell Where AI Was Used: Be transparent when AI plays a meaningful role in your work.
The Review Outputs rule asks people to check AI generated content carefully before they use or share it.
Review Outputs: Check AI-generated content carefully before using or sharing it.
The Use your Own Judgment rule says AI may support a person's work and should never replace their expertise, decision making or responsibility.
Use your Own Judgment: AI can support your work, but it should never replace your expertise, decision-making, or responsibility.
The Safeguard Integrity rule asks for AI use that supports honest work, ethical practice and real learning.
Safeguard Integrity: Use AI in ways that support honest work, ethical practice, and real learning.
The Treat IP with Respect rule asks people to respect copyright, attribution, ownership and other people's creative work.
Treat IP with Respect: Respect copyright, attribution, ownership, and the creative work of others.
The college's Faculty and Student AI Town Hall is on Monday, October 12th, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Rio Grande Campus.
Monday, October 12 | 6:30-9 p.m. | Rio Grande Campus
The college says the town hall discussion will cover in-progress AI policies and how the college can move forward together.
The discussion will explore in-progress AI policies and how the College can move forward together.
The college's Faculty Convocation is titled The Two AIs, Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity.
The Two AIs: Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity
The Faculty Convocation is on Friday, October 16th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Eastview Campus.
Friday, October 16 | 10 a.m.-2 p.m. | Eastview Campus
The Great Questions Community Seminar on Intelligence and Humanity is on Thursday, October 22nd, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Highland Campus.
Thursday, October 22 | 6-9 p.m. | Highland Campus
The seminar is a guided discussion of E. M. Forster's story The Machine Stops, open to faculty, students, staff and community members.
Join ACC faculty, students, staff, and community members for a guided discussion of E. M. Forster’s “The Machine Stops.”
The college invites faculty, staff, students and community members to take part in one or more of the events.
Faculty, staff, students, and community members are invited to participate in one or more of these opportunities
The college directs people with feedback or questions to a form on its Ways to Get Involved with Generative AI at ACC page.
visit the Ways to Get Involved with Generative AI at ACC webpage and submit the form.
The college's October 9th post describes the policy as in development and names no adoption date, no vote and no adopting body.
is developing an artificial intelligence (AI) policy
The college's AI Resource Hub already links a document titled Acceptable Use of Artificial Intelligence Policy, posted for faculty and staff.
Acceptable Use of Artificial Intelligence Policy (PDF – ACC Faculty and Staff only)
The college says more than 79,000 students rely on it for their education each year.
More than 79,000 students rely on ACC for their education every year.
In a September 9th post, UT Austin said new partnerships with Anthropic and OpenAI make Claude EDU and ChatGPT EDU available.
new partnerships with Anthropic and OpenAI, making Claude EDU and ChatGPT EDU available
UT Austin says it provides both platforms to its entire community at no cost.
provide both leading platforms to its entire community at no cost
UT Austin says the expansion retires UT Spark, its first-generation AI platform.
This expansion also marks the retirement of UT Spark, our first-generation AI platform
Leann Kidd of Northside ISD said a systemwide ChatGPT for Teachers would launch in October.
Kidd said a systemwide ChatGPT for Teachers would launch in October
Kidd said that even if ChatGPT offered student access, Northside ISD would not allow it right away.
that wouldn’t be something that we would immediately allow
KFOX14 reported on September 13th that an El Paso ISD draft framework would bar students through eighth grade from using AI to complete schoolwork.
Under the document, students through eighth grade would not use AI to complete schoolwork.
KFOX14 reported that no final districtwide AI policy was set for adoption at the El Paso ISD board's Tuesday meeting.
no final districtwide AI policy is scheduled for adoption Tuesday.
Richardson ISD's draft 2027 legislative priorities list the responsible use of technology and AI first of three areas.
focused on three key areas: promoting the responsible use of technology and AI
The Richardson ISD board is expected to vote on its final legislative priorities on October 15th.
The Board is expected to vote on the final Legislative Priorities on October 15.
The college posted the announcement on its faculty and staff news site on October 9th, 2026.
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