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Lawmakers hear bill to ban certain school uses of AI and automated surveillance
Summary
SB 5956 would ban automated‑only student discipline, predictive risk scores, watch lists, and biometric inference of emotions in public schools; sponsors and civil rights and privacy advocates urged support and OSPI/WASDA guidance and vendor limits were included in the proposal.
Senator Tawanna Nobles told the committee that Senate Bill 5956 is intended to keep "people, not algorithms" making disciplinary and consequential decisions about students and to prevent automated systems from magnifying existing disparities.
Committee staff Eileen Cotto described three components of the bill: six specific prohibitions on the use of automated decision systems and surveillance technology as the sole basis for disciplinary actions (including…
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