Artificial Intelligence Education and Workforce Readiness Act of 2026

(a) Surveillance defined. The term surveillance means the monitoring, tracking, or analysis of an individual’s information or data, including as such data or information relates to such individual’s behavior, movement, communications, or biometric information, including through the use of an artificial intelligence tool, which may include continuous video or audio monitoring, keystroke logging, facial recognition, or behavioral pattern analysis.

(b) Framework required. The Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall establish a framework, consistent with the designated risk management framework, for assessing the privacy, bias, safety, and security risks related to artificial intelligence tools with regard to the use of such tools in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education.

(c) Required elements. In establishing the framework under subsection (b), the Secretary, in consultation with the Director, shall conduct assessments which shall—

(1) identify potential harms to student well-being that could result from the use of artificial intelligence tools in educational settings, including discriminatory profiling, excessive surveillance, and such other harms as the Secretary or the Director may identify;

(2) document safeguards and practices for the mitigation of risk related to the harms identified in paragraph (1);

(3) evaluate compliance by the provider of such tool with applicable accessibility and safety standards, as determined by the Secretary and the Director;

(4) include mechanisms for feedback on the framework from students, parents, and educators; and

(5) address the risks related to the following domains—

(A) disparate impact of artificial intelligence tools, including algorithmic bias (as defined in section 3);

(B) harmful content, consistent with section 503;

(C) the prevalence, intensity, and scope of surveillance;

(D) student cognitive development;

(E) student data privacy; and

(F) procedures for human oversight and override of such tool, consistent with section 105.

(d) Approved methodologies. The Secretary of Education may recognize standardized risk assessment methodologies developed in consultation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

(e) Publication. A summary of each assessment completed under this section shall be published on the website of the Department of Education.