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The bill directs federal resources to build K–12 AI literacy and teacher capacity through NSF-backed partnerships—boosting long-term workforce readiness and instructional quality—at the cost of increased taxpayer spending, uneven local adoption, possible curricular displacement, and constrained provider diversity.
K–12 students will gain AI literacy and durable problem-solving skills that improve their readiness for an AI-enabled workforce.
Teachers and school leaders will receive funded professional development and mentoring to integrate AI responsibly into classrooms, strengthening instructional capacity.
NSF-funded grants and partnerships with higher-education institutions and nonprofits will spur curriculum innovation and create scalable, research-backed K–12 AI materials and evaluation tools.
Taxpayers will fund expanded NSF grants, increasing federal spending without a guarantee of nationwide adoption or clear short-term returns.
Because the bill mainly expresses a nonbinding 'sense of Congress' and relies on local decisions, students and teachers will see uneven benefits depending on whether states and districts choose to adopt the curricula.
Grants focused on AI could cause schools to shift limited instructional time and resources toward AI content, potentially crowding out other subjects if additional funding or time is not provided.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Authorizes NSF to award competitive grants to develop K–12 AI curricula, teacher training, assessments, and related resources.
Creates a nonbinding congressional policy supporting K–12 artificial intelligence (AI) literacy and authorizes the National Science Foundation (NSF) Director to award competitive, merit-reviewed grants to colleges, universities, and nonprofits to develop K–12 AI curricula, instructional materials, teacher professional development, assessment tools, and related resources. Defines “AI literacy” and references existing federal definitions for AI, institutions of higher education, and K–12 education.
Official title: Improve educational efforts related to artificial intelligence literacy at the elementary school and secondary school level, and for other purposes.
Introduced April 28, 2026 by Adam Schiff · Last progress April 28, 2026