[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4958 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4958

 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to enable 
schools to teach elementary school and secondary school students about 
      the dangers, limitations, and responsible use of artificial 
           intelligence technologies, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 14, 2026

  Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read 
 twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
                                Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to enable 
schools to teach elementary school and secondary school students about 
      the dangers, limitations, and responsible use of artificial 
           intelligence technologies, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safeguard Kids Act''.

SEC. 2. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SAFEGUARDS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
              EDUCATION.

    Subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7111 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 4102 (20 U.S.C. 7112)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (8) as 
                paragraphs (3) through (10), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting before paragraph (3) (as so 
                redesignated) the following:
            ``(1) Artificial intelligence.--The term `artificial 
        intelligence' has the meaning given such term in section 5002 
        of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 
        (15 U.S.C. 9401).
            ``(2) Artificial intelligence chatbot.--The term 
        `artificial intelligence chatbot' means an artificial 
        intelligence system, marketed to and available for use by 
        consumers, that--
                    ``(A) engages in interactive, natural-language 
                communication with a user and generates or selects 
                content in response to user inputs (including text, 
                voice, or other inputs) using a conversational context; 
                and
                    ``(B) is capable of multi-turn conversation or 
                personalized responses.'';
            (2) in section 4104(b)(3) (20 U.S.C. 7114(b)(3))--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B)(ii)(II), by inserting ``, 
                which may include providing counseling for mental 
                health issues arising from the use of an artificial 
                intelligence chatbot'' before the semicolon at the end; 
                and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) in clause (v), by striking ``and'' 
                        after the semicolon;
                            (ii) in clause (vi), by striking the period 
                        and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(vii) supporting schools in teaching 
                        elementary school and secondary school students 
                        about the dangers, limitations, and responsible 
                        use of artificial intelligence technologies, 
                        including artificial intelligence chatbots.'';
            (3) in section 4108(5)(B) (20 U.S.C. 7118(5)(B))--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' after the 
                semicolon;
                    (B) in clause (ii)(II)(cc), by inserting ``and'' 
                after the semicolon at the end; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) counseling for mental health issues 
                        arising from the use of artificial intelligence 
                        chatbots;''; and
            (4) in section 4109(a) (20 U.S.C. 7119(a))--
                    (A) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' after the 
                semicolon;
                    (B) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) teaching elementary school and secondary school 
        students about the dangers, limitations, and responsible use of 
        artificial intelligence technologies, including artificial 
        intelligence chatbots.''.
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