AI Frontier Institute

In school safety and security, providing for prohibition of artificial intelligence for school-based mental health and counseling.

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Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1505 (Printer's No. 2069) has been referred to the Education committee and has not been enacted. If enacted, it would add Section 1323-B to the Public School Code of 1949. Under Section 1323-B(a), school entities (school districts, career and technical schools, intermediate units, and charter, cyber charter and regional charter schools) could not use AI, AI chatbots or generative AI to provide a service to a student that would amount to the practice of a school-based mental health professional. Under Section 1323-B(b), AI suppliers could not contract with a school entity to provide AI systems programmed to deliver such services. Section 1323-B(c) bars a school entity from using an AI mental health system to: diagnose a student's mental health condition; provide psychological or behavioral therapy or counseling; provide individualized treatment or therapeutic intervention; determine or recommend an individualized diagnosis or treatment plan; represent that the AI is, or can substitute for, a school psychologist, counselor or social worker; or provide mental health or psychological therapy. Section 1323-B(d) says the section does not prevent employed school-based mental health professionals from using AI for administrative support, subject to FERPA (20 U.S.C. § 1232g). It also does not override collective bargaining agreements under the Public Employe Relations Act. Section 1323-B(e) defines key terms, including AI, AI chatbot, generative AI, supplier, operator, synthetic content and school-based mental health professional. Section 2 sets the effective date at 60 days after enactment.

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