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Memorials
August 5, 2026
P. de la C. 968

To create the "Act on the Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence in Educational Institutions of Puerto Rico"; to require the Puerto Rico Department of Education, as well as all private educational institutions, to establish policies incorporating ethical standards for the use of artificial intelligence; and for other related purposes.

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Memorials
April 1, 2025
P. of S. 425

Date: April 1, 2025

To establish the “Law for the Care of Students with Epilepsy in Public and Private School Institutions in Puerto Rico”; to outline the processes that schools must follow to manage epileptic seizures; to ensure the provision of reasonable accommodations to students with epilepsy; to prohibit discrimination based on the diagnosis of epilepsy; and to enact other complementary provisions.

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Memorials
March 21, 2025
P. of S. 227

Date: March 21, 2025

To amend Section 1 of Act No. 170 of May 4, 1949, as amended, to provide for the availability requirements for the granting of the High School Equivalency Exam; and to enact other complementary provisions.

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Memorials
March 7, 2025
P. of S. 5

Date: March 7, 2025

To establish the Law on Automatic Admission to the University of Puerto Rico, in order to have an automatic admission process to the University of Puerto Rico for all fourth-year high school students who are in 10% of their class and for other purposes.

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Memorials
March 7, 2025
P. of S. 202

Date: March 7, 2025

To amend Article 12.01, and add a new Article 12.14, to Chapter XII of Law 85-2018, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Educational Reform Act”, in order to provide that, through the Occupational and Technical Education Program of the Department of Education, schools specialized in developing programs aimed at promoting the transfer of technology to bring scientific and technological discoveries of students to public use, through commercialization, and the protection of property intellectual, which seeks to obtain patents and/or registration of service marks; add a new Section 2100.04 to Law 60-2019, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Incentive Code”, for the purpose of creating a so-called “Support Program for Schools Specialized in the Promotion of Technology Transfer and Product Marketing”, which will serve as a source of funding for the development, research and marketing of products generated by students of the mentioned above educational centers; amend articles 3, 4 and 26 of Law 214-2004, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust Act”, with the purpose of conferring on the said Trust, as well as the Department of Economic Development and Commerce, the responsibility for supporting the development, research and marketing of the products generated by the students of the said schools; and for other related purposes.

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Memorials
March 7, 2025
P. of S. 196

Date: March 7, 2025

To add a new Article 11.05 to Law 85-2018, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Educational Reform Act”, for the purpose of providing for the creation of a so-called “University Alliances Program”, which will have the purpose of authorizing the Secretary of the Department of Education to sign any necessary agreements or collaboration agreements with the University of Puerto Rico, so that the latter, through its students and teachers from the different schools of Education on the campuses of the system, provides mentoring, tutoring and support for students and teaching and non-teaching staff, in tasks related to the care and provision of supplementary services to the student population, in the different schools of the public education system, in order to ensure that remedial aid is obtained for students who are academically lagging behind, provided that such costs are reasonably compared with current prices in the market and that, in effect, they can be provided by the said university institution; repeal Law 47-2019, known as” Public School Student Support Act of the Government of Puerto Rico”; and for other related purposes.

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Memorials
March 6, 2025
P. of S. 348

Date: March 6, 2025

To create the “Artificial Intelligence Act as a work and Instructional Tool for students and teachers in the Puerto Rico Department of Education” and establish the legal framework; for the ethical and responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the Puerto Rico education system, with the objective of improving the quality of teaching; personalizing learning and preparing students for an AI-driven future; and for other related purposes.

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