Legislators should pass consumer-protection legislation and create a regulatory agency governing AI education products¶

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Description¶

To promote scalable policy, the brief recommends legislators pass laws protecting consumers from predatory practices and establish a regulatory agency. It states these processes "may come from regulatory agencies that govern and safeguard companies as well as consumers of AI technology products."

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Local/district/state-wide processes set up to provide reasonable protections

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• K-12 students
• teachers
• families

Target Learning Goals¶

• protection from predatory AI edtech practices

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Jackson, T., Pakhira, D., Fusco, J., Ruiz, P., Lekshmi Narayanan, A. B., Glazer, K., Eaglin, P., & Eguchi, A. (2021). School Policies for Integrating AI in Classroom Practices. CIRCLS. https://circls.org/reports/ai-policy