Schools nationwide are grappling with a surge in AI-generated explicit images of students and the complex disciplinary, legal and welfare questions those incidents raise. Reporting documents cases where manipulated images spread on social platforms, prompting state lawmaking, criminal charges and school expulsions. One Louisiana middle-school episode saw AI-generated nude images circulate and culminate in a 13-year-old girl attacking a peer — she was expelled for more than 10 weeks, while authorities later charged some male students for sharing images. Experts and education leaders warn that inexpensive, easy-to-use generative tools have widened the threat landscape for cyberbullying and that many school codes, reporting mechanisms and victim protections are not yet adapted to AI-enabled harm.