Bill · S. 3063· Senate(119-S-3063)
LIFE with AI Act
- Introduced
- 10/28/2025
- Last activity
- 10/28/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Sponsored by
- Bill Cassidy
- Cosponsors
- None
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill is known as the Learning Innovation and Family Empowerment with AI Act or the LIFE with AI Act. It focuses on improving student privacy, increasing parental choice, and encouraging personalized learning and artificial intelligence in education. The legislation establishes a Golden Seal of Excellence to reward schools that use good parental notification systems for educational technology. It simplifies the process for parents to opt out of releasing student directory information. The bill also restricts schools and yearbook companies from using student photos for facial recognition without consent, and bans companies from selling data collected while making yearbooks. Finally, it sets up rules for third-party educational technology contracts and provides resources to help teachers safely integrate artificial intelligence into classrooms.
Yes· 3 of 14
Does this give people more control over their personal data?+8
The bill comprehensively strengthens student data privacy by restricting facial recognition, simplifying opt-outs, and regulating educational technology contracts.
Does this protect people from being watched or searched?+8
The legislation significantly strengthens individual student and family privacy rights concerning digital data, facial recognition, and directory information.
Would children be better off under this?+6
Students benefit from stronger safeguards on their personal likeness, facial recognition restrictions, and enhanced data privacy.
The opposite
Would business owners be better off under this?-2
EdTech and yearbook companies face stricter compliance burdens, mandatory waiting periods for contracts, and potential public listing for violations.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Better Parental Control Over Educational Technology: Under Section 3, schools can earn a Golden Seal of Excellence if they use instant verification technology to notify parents about educational technology and allow them to easily give or withhold consent. This gives parents a much stronger voice in what technology their children use in the classroom.
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Easier Opt-Outs for Directory Information: Under Section 4, schools must provide clear online notices detailing directory information and make opt-out forms easily accessible year-round on mobile devices. This provision ensures that the opt-out form can be completed by the average adult in under five minutes, making it much easier for parents to protect their children's information.
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Protection Against Facial Recognition and Data Selling: Under Section 5, schools are prohibited from using student photographs to train facial recognition artificial intelligence without prior parental consent. This section also bans schools from doing business with yearbook companies that use facial recognition without consent or that sell data collected during yearbook creation, protecting students' personal likeness and privacy.
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Transparency in Third-Party Contracts: Under Section 7, schools must make third-party educational technology contracts publicly available for at least two weeks before signing them. This allows parents and the public to see exactly how private companies handle student data and hold them accountable.
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Support for Safe AI Integration: Under Section 9, the Secretary of Education must develop resources and training guides for teachers on how to integrate artificial intelligence into instruction while protecting student data privacy. This helps educators use new tools safely and effectively for our children.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Increased Administrative Burdens on Schools: Under Section 3, schools must meet specific criteria regarding instant verification technology for at least one academic year and establish special meeting procedures if a majority of parents deny consent for a technology use. This could create heavy administrative workloads and logistical challenges for local educational agencies and school staff who are already stretched thin.
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Potential Delays in Adopting Educational Technology: Under Section 7, schools must wait at least two weeks after making third-party educational technology contracts publicly available before executing them. This mandatory waiting period could slow down the adoption of helpful new learning tools and technology in the classroom.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Education And Technology
- Improves Data Privacy+8Improves School Choice+5Increases Big Tech Regulation+4Increases Scientific Research Funding+3
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Children+6Good For Students+6Good For Young Adults+6Good For People With Disabilities+3Good For Business Owners-2
- Governance And Ideology
- Improves Privacy Rights+8Improves Government Transparency+4Improves Due Process+2Increases Federal Power+2
- Economy And Finance
- Improves Small Business Support+3
- Social Issues And Justice
- Improves Disability Rights+2
- 10/28/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Introduced in Senate