STATEMENT: PDE Action Supports Rep. Randy Fine’s Bill H.R. 8747: The K-12 AI Literacy and Readiness Act

Parents Defending Education Action is pleased to support Rep. Fine’s K-12 AI Literacy and Readiness Act, H.R. 8747, which promotes the responsible use of artificial intelligence in the classroom.

This bill typifies Rep. Fine’s sensible and fiscally responsible approach to federal education legislation. H.R. 8747 will give schools the flexibility to direct existing resources to address a universal concern in our education system – the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence. It is imperative that we begin preparing our students and educators now for increasingly sophisticated AI technologies that will become part of our daily lives in the coming years. Passage of H.R. 8747 is a first and necessary step in that effort.

Failure to take artificial intelligence seriously has dire consequences. As Defending Education recently detailed in DEI in AI: Unions and Associations, a cabal of unions, left-wing activists, and special-interest groups is already laying the groundwork to use AI tools to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives for students during their formative years. Thus, it is essential that federal education funding focus on initiatives that train students and educators to identify and reject inaccurate and politicized AI output.

Read the full text of the bill here. 

Terry Stoops

Director of Government Affairs
Parents Defending Education Action