To improve student privacy, parental choice, and personalized learning innovation in education.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill defines key terms for the LIFE with AI Act including artificial intelligence, educational technology, instant verification technology, personalized learning, eligible student, and the Secretary (of Education), creates a Golden Seal of Excellence in Student Data Privacy certification for schools implementing exemplary parental notification and consent systems using instant verification technology. States may participate, and amends FERPA to require schools to provide legible, accessible online notice of directory information categories and opt-out rights, with opt-out forms that take no more than 5 minutes and are accessible year-round on. It relies on compliance mandates, grants, definition changes, and product standards. The main policy areas are Education, Technology, and Healthcare.
Who Benefits and How
Students and parents could face reduced risk, Small businesses developing AI education technology could gain revenue opportunities, and Parents and students could face reduced risk.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Department of Education would take on compliance duties, Schools and educational institutions would take on compliance duties, and Facial recognition technology companies could lose revenue opportunities.
Key Provisions
- Defines key terms for the LIFE with AI Act including artificial intelligence, educational technology, instant verification technology, personalized learning, eligible student, and the Secretary (of Education).
- Creates a Golden Seal of Excellence in Student Data Privacy certification for schools implementing exemplary parental notification and consent systems using instant verification technology. States may participate...
- Amends FERPA to require schools to provide legible, accessible online notice of directory information categories and opt-out rights, with opt-out forms that take no more than 5 minutes and are accessible year-round on...
- Prohibits schools from allowing student photos to train facial recognition AI without parental consent, bars doing business with yearbook companies using facial recognition without disclosure and consent, and bans...
- Requires schools to publicly post ed-tech contract privacy policies for 2 weeks before execution, requires third-party companies to certify student data privacy compliance, and subjects non-compliant companies...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill defines key terms for the LIFE with AI Act including artificial intelligence, educational technology, instant verification technology, personalized learning, eligible student, and the Secretary (of Education), creates a Golden Seal of Excellence in Student Data Privacy certification for schools implementing exemplary parental notification and consent systems using instant verification technology. States may participate, and amends FERPA to require schools to provide legible, accessible online notice of directory information categories and opt-out rights, with opt-out forms that take no more than 5 minutes and are accessible year-round on.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Technology, Healthcare
Primary Purpose
The bill defines key terms for the LIFE with AI Act including artificial intelligence, educational technology, instant verification technology, personalized learning, eligible student, and the Secretary (of Education), creates a Golden Seal of Excellence in Student Data Privacy certification for schools implementing exemplary parental notification and consent systems using instant verification technology. States may participate, and amends FERPA to require schools to provide legible, accessible online notice of directory information categories and opt-out rights, with opt-out forms that take no more than 5 minutes and are accessible year-round on.
Policy Domains
LIFE with AI Act
Identified Gains
- Students and parents
- Small businesses developing AI education technology
- Parents and students
- Instant verification technology providers
- Parents and eligible students
Identified Costs
- Department of Education
- Schools and educational institutions
- Facial recognition technology companies
- Educational technology companies
- Yearbook production companies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Cassidy introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
AI education technology providers, AI tutoring and adaptive learning startups, Ed-tech companies participating in safe harbor programs
Positive-direction: AI education technology providers, AI tutoring and adaptive learning startups, Ed-tech companies participating in safe harbor programs, Instant verification technology providers, Small businesses developing AI education technology
Negative-direction: Educational technology companies, Facial recognition technology companies
K-12 teachers, Schools and educational agencies, Schools and educational institutions
Positive-direction: K-12 teachers, Schools and educational agencies
Negative-direction: Schools and educational institutions, Schools and local educational agencies, Schools and school districts
Parents and eligible students, Parents and students, Students and parents
Independent privacy certification organizations
Teacher professional development organizations
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Education
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
As defined in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401)
A system or software that provides real-time notifications to parents regarding consent-requiring activities, enables real-time consent/withholding via multi-device interface, and records consent securely
Physical or virtual products or services that support or facilitate learning and improve educational performance, but does not include curriculum
Secretary of Education, or such cabinet-level official as may be designated by law to carry out those functions
Educational approach tailoring instruction, content, pacing, and learning environments to individual student needs using technology including AI and adaptive learning systems
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