Adults have struggled to set rules for AI in school. These teens figured it out

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There is no national policy for AI use in schools, meaning states and school districts have had to scramble to craft their own. Without guidance and guardrails, "[AI use] is just gonna go unhinged," said Campbell McHenry, a high school junior from Mississippi. Kieran Kesner for NPR Student senators representing (from left to right) Colorado, Arkansas, North Carolina, New Mexico and Connecticut meet in their assigned subcommittee to debate the AI bill's student-focused provisions. One of the most contentious issues was deciding when students should first be exposed to AI in the classroom: High school? Dornack was the first to speak and called the bill an important, if imperfect, foundation for schools' AI policies.