Chair Cassidy Introduces Bill Empowering Parents, Strengthening AI in the Classroom

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the Learning Innovation and Family Empowerment (LIFE) with AI Act. This legislation establishes a parent-centered framework to safeguard student data privacy, enhance transparency, and encourage the responsible and optional use of AI in K-12 personalized learning.

Cassidy is leading multiple efforts to equip families with the knowledge and tools necessary to handle AI responsibly. Earlier this month, he held a hearing on AI's wide-ranging impact. In September, he introduced the RAISE Act to empower states to develop their own AI curriculum.

"AI holds enormous potential to meet childrens' unique learning needs," said Dr. Cassidy. "As AI increasingly gets intertwined with students' education, the LIFE Act empowers parents to ensure their children are protected from potential harm."

This legislation is supported by Parents Defending Education Action:

"We must ensure that as Artificial Intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into schools nationwide, students' privacy remains protected. That's precisely what Chairman Cassidy's LIFE Act accomplishes-and why Parents Defending Education Action fully supports it. The bill enhances student data protections and reinforces parental rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), requiring schools to clearly inform parents about their data-sharing policies and making it easy for families to opt out of having their children's information released. It also broadens the range of data and information that parents can review and decide not make public," said Alfonso Aguilar, Senior Director of Governmental Affairs, Parents Defending Education Action (PDE Action).

Read the full bill text here.

Read the full one-pager here.

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