The KIDS Act & AI governance: what schools need to know
The regulatory landscape around children's online safety and AI is evolving rapidly. Watch on demand to understand the KIDS Act, evaluate student-facing AI risks, and learn how to translate emerging expectations into practical governance arrangements for your school or trust.
With Katie Snelling (Senior Consultant (Data Privacy & AI Governance), 9ine) & Julia Pidduck (Principal Consultant (Data Privacy & AI Governance), 9ine)
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The regulatory landscape surrounding children's online safety and artificial intelligence is evolving rapidly. This webinar explores the KIDS Act (Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act) and its implications for schools, helping leaders understand how emerging expectations around online safety, AI governance, and responsible technology use can be translated into practical governance arrangements.
Julia Pidduck and Katie Snelling cover what the KIDS Act means for schools, leadership responsibilities for AI governance, safeguarding and privacy considerations, and how to assess AI-enabled technologies and EdTech providers using 9ine's "Diamond Formation" framework, with practical measures schools can put in place now.
Why attend
Learn what the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act is, how it compares to KOSA, and what its "safe by design" standards mean for schools.
Recognize why student-facing AI interactions introduce unique safeguarding, bias, and emotional risks compared to staff productivity tools.
See how academic, safeguarding, technology, and privacy responsibilities connect at the leadership level using 9ine’s Diamond Formation framework.
Leave with practical evaluation steps and policy measures you can implement now when selecting and approving EdTech vendors.
Who's presenting
Katie Snelling
Advises schools internationally on privacy risk, regulatory obligations and best practice in relation to EdTech and AI.
Julia Pidduck
Works with schools internationally to design and strengthen privacy and AI governance programmes, supporting compliance, safeguarding and the responsible use of digital technologies.
What to expect
A clear explanation of federal proposals, platform safety provisions, and default safety settings expected for child-facing technology.
Guidance on assessing conversational AI, chatbots, gamified learning tools, and secondary data uses (e.g., model training).
Practical school examples, staff and student policy boundaries, and action steps to prepare for emerging regulatory standards.
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