Randi Weingarten
Role at the time: AFT president and Academy agreement representative
Mixed or conditional
Statement summary
Weingarten supports enforceable AI protections while backing restrictions on direct use by younger students.
“anything less than legally enforceable provisions is simply a wish list”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)AFT, UFT and Microsoft announce national school-AI safety and privacy standards · MicrosoftWeingarten, Smith and Mulgrew quotation blocks; agreement link
Joint announcement of contractual privacy and safety protections. Weingarten also welcomes New York City’s younger-grade restrictions; the announcement does not establish uniform student deployment or educational effectiveness.
Why we used this label
Supports a constrained approach to student use, combining safeguards with younger-grade restrictions.