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House committee advances bill restricting school use of AI, facial recognition and biometric surveillance
Summary
The House Education Committee voted to report substitute Senate Bill 5,956 out of committee with a 'do pass as amended' recommendation after adopting guardrail amendments aimed at ensuring human review and limiting biometric data use in public schools.
The House Education Committee on executive action day reported substitute Senate Bill 5,956 out of committee with a 'do pass as amended' recommendation following debate over definitions, vendor certification and a narrow weapons-detection carve-out that failed.
Committee staff summarized the bill as a prohibition on using automated decision systems, facial-recognition services and certain biometric surveillance to make disciplinary or other specified decisions in school districts and public schools. The bill directs the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to update guidance on use of artificial intelligence in schools and requires the Washington School Directors Association to develop a model policy aligned with OSPI…
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