# 119-hr-10042: Understanding AI in the Classroom Act

119-hr-10042, Understanding AI in the Classroom Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-14).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-10042
- Congress: 119
- Title: Understanding AI in the Classroom Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-08-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-14

## Summary

**Study how AI affects K–12 students' learning and development.** This bill would create a non-funding, evaluative mandate for the National Science Foundation (NSF) to identify gaps in evidence about how classroom AI may affect children's attention, development, and trust in AI. - Families & children: Would focus on evidence gaps about attention span, learning independence, and cognitive, social, emotional, or behavioral development. - Educators & schools: Would require the NSF Director to hold workshops within 18 months to gather input from teachers, school leaders, and parent groups about classroom AI effects. - Researchers: Would prioritize gaps on over-reliance or trust miscalibration by children and on differential effects by age, vulnerabilities, or AI characteristics such as sycophancy. - Policymakers: Would get a publicly published report to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation within 6 months after the workshops summarizing identified gaps. The bill ties the definition of "AI" to the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act and the definition of "child" to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR), 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Key definitions for AI in schools: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would set key meanings for this section. It would define "artificial intelligence" by referring to the National AI Initiative Act. It would define "child" by referring to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. It would say "Director" means the Director of the National Scie…
- Study of AI in K-12 classrooms: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the National Science Foundation Director to hold workshops within 18 months to find gaps in data about how classroom AI affects children. The workshops would examine attention and learning independence; cognitive, social, emotional, or behavioral development; over…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-10061: Wildfire Response and Readiness Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-10042 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10042)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-10061: Wildfire Response and Readiness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10061)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10042 (as of 2026-08-14).