With No Federal AI Rules for Schools, 98 Teens Draft Their Own — in a Mock US Senate

BOSTON — Ninety-eight American teenagers spent a late-July weekend at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute drafting model legislation on classroom AI use, in a precise replica of the US Senate chamber. Representing all 50 states, the student senators passed a bill called the Students First Act, requiring teachers to post AI-use policies each semester and personally investigate before reporting a student flagged by an AI-detection tool.

With no national policy on classroom AI use, states and districts have been left writing their own rules. Organizers say the mock legislation, while carrying no legal force, will be shared with actual lawmakers as a reference model.