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.