New York
ProposedS10685 / A11669 — FOCUS Act
The active FOCUS Act proposal would limit grades 6-8 access to school-issued devices to supervised computer-lab or cart models rather than one-to-one devices.
- Jurisdiction
- New York · State / DC
- Policy status
- Proposed
- Implementation phase
- Proposed
- Requirement
- Proposed / pending
- Grades
- 6-8
- Audience
- Schools
- Learning evidence
- No student-learning claim
- Instrument
- Proposed bill
Dates & implementation
Proposal only. Official page lists Senate Rules Committee as of October 4, 2026. Enactment-contingent dates are not current requirements.
A legal effective date can precede school implementation. This record documents policy intent or requirements; it does not independently confirm delivery in every classroom.
Exceptions & instructional scope
Proposed §37 preserves technology inherently needed for learning objectives, IEP/504 and accessibility uses, and translation. Proposed §33 preserves conversational AI as assistive technology for users with disabilities.
Funding & support
Policy-specific support
No enacted appropriation is established by this pending bill. Proposed registry fees would support administration if enacted.
Read funding sourceEvidence & source location
S10685 proposed Education Law §31(2); construction exceptions in §37
Proposal only; not current law.
Review history
Reviewed against official sources
Source availability checked Oct 4, 2026: Source reopened. This is separate from verification of the policy claim below.
Source review date recorded in database: 2026-10-04
2026-10-03 — Carried forward from the source-linked baseline; topic, grade and evidence-type inventory reviewed. Individual source was not re-opened in this update. 2026-10-04 — Substantive source review: Reviewed the current S10685 bill text, operative section and broad exceptions in proposed section37. Official status remains Senate Rules Committee; the proposal is not law.
Record ID: NY-2026-FOCUS-68
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