Day of AI Expands Student Role in Shaping K-12 Artificial Intelligence Rules
The nonprofit Day of AI is broadening a national effort that began with a July student senate, where 98 delegates from every state drafted a proposed framework for responsible AI in schools. The new tour will create a student ambassador group, offer guides for local student senates with the Edward M. Kennedy Institute, and collect student policy proposals online. Participants will help lead discussions with educators and officials in their communities through 2028.
Day of AI’s new tour builds on a July gathering in Massachusetts where 98 student delegates, representing every state, endorsed a proposed responsible-AI framework called the STUDENT FIRST Act. The effort now adds a national ambassador group, local student-senate guides created with the Edward M. Kennedy Institute, and an online collection of student proposals.
Participants will meet virtually and in person during 2027 and 2028 to lead community discussions. Day of AI is also partnering with MIT RAISE and AASA, which reaches more than 10,000 school leaders, while some students already presented recommendations to Oregon’s Senate education committee and Connecticut’s State Board of Education.
The initiative could give K-12 students more influence over how AI is used in classrooms, affecting students, teachers, administrators, and families as local rules take shape. By connecting student proposals with school leaders and state officials, it may make AI policies more responsive to youth concerns, though the actual reach could depend on how many districts adopt or adapt the recommendations.