{"id":217538,"date":"2026-06-12T15:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/217538\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T15:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:55:12","slug":"local-pennsylvania-lawmaker-to-introduce-bill-to-prevent-ai-from-replacing-teachers-in-schools-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/217538\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Pennsylvania lawmaker to introduce bill to prevent AI from replacing teachers in schools \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">State Sen. Lindsey Williams is introducing a bill in Pennsylvania to prohibit schools from replacing human educators with artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The proposed legislation would apply to K-12 schools, colleges and universities across the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The bill aims to ensure human teachers remain in classrooms while not preventing schools from utilizing AI tools. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Sen. Williams, who represents Allegheny County, expressed concern over the potential impact of artificial intelligence in education. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cMaking sure that we don\u2019t let the shininess of AI distract us from the actual goal of getting more educators, more caring adults in the building,\u201d Williams said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">She highlighted the attempt by an AI-based cyber charter school to open last year, which was denied, as an indication that AI teachers may not be far off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Sen. Williams expects to introduce the bill by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"State Sen. 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