State profile · NY
Reviewed policies, grades and school implementation dates. District examples cover 2 distinct districts; it is not a statewide implementation survey.
Unsanctioned internet-enabled device use is prohibited throughout the school day, including noninstructional periods.
Policies by August 1, 2025; applies from 2025–26.
Exceptions & source ↗New York City Public Schools · Current
Grades: 2K through grade 8 · Requirement: Required
For 2026-27, NYCPS does not permit software that uses student-facing generative AI in grades 2K–8, with accessibility-related protections preserved.
Starts / rollout: 2026–27 school year. Exact board adoption and legal effective dates are not separately verified.
Adoption, exceptions & funding evidence ↗New York City Public Schools · Current
Grades: 9-12 · Requirement: Required
For 2026-27, high-school student-facing AI is limited to centrally approved, vetted pilots and specified career-readiness contexts with teacher supervision rather than unrestricted general use.
Starts / rollout: 2026–27 school year. Exact board adoption and legal effective dates are not separately verified.
Adoption, exceptions & funding evidence ↗New York City Public Schools · Current
Grades: 2K through grade 2 · Requirement: Required
NYCPS policy provides no routine 1:1 student screen time in grades 2K–2. Teacher-led whole/small-group technology use and specified accessibility, assessment, remote-learning and centrally approved instructional exceptions remain available.
Starts / rollout: 2026–27 school year. Exact board adoption and legal effective dates are not separately verified.
Adoption, exceptions & funding evidence ↗New York City Public Schools · Current
Grades: Grades 3 through 5 · Requirement: Recommended
NYCPS recommends no more than 30 minutes of daily 1:1 screen time for students in grades 3–5, with specified instructional, assessment and accessibility exceptions.
Starts / rollout: 2026–27 school year. Exact board adoption and legal effective dates are not separately verified.
Adoption, exceptions & funding evidence ↗New York City Public Schools · Current
Grades: 6-8 · Requirement: Recommended
NYCPS recommends no more than 45 minutes of daily 1:1 screen time for students in grades 6–8, with specified instructional, assessment and accessibility exceptions.
Starts / rollout: 2026–27 school year. Exact board adoption and legal effective dates are not separately verified.
Adoption, exceptions & funding evidence ↗Learning & relevant rules for use
Reviewed learning policies will appear here as coverage expands. The state’s reviewed rules for use appear above.
No reviewed support program is listed here yet. Individual policy details include any documented funding or training provision.
These are Stewart Brown’s planning questions, not additional legal requirements.
Restrictions
Current evidence indexed
1 action in this collection
Governance
Current evidence indexed
2 actions in this collection
Learning
Evidence gap
No current statewide record indexed. Research remains open.
Unsanctioned internet-enabled device use is prohibited throughout the school day, including noninstructional periods.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 3, 2026
Educational agencies must publish a parent privacy bill of rights, disclose third-party data contracts, safeguard student information and prohibit its sale or marketing use.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
School districts and BOCES must report cybersecurity incidents and applicable ransom demands within 72 hours after reasonably believing an incident occurred.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
No records in this section have been published. This is an evidence gap in the collection, not a determination that no relevant action exists.
The active FOCUS Act proposal would require schools to provide no school-issued devices to Pre-K–5 pupils and generally prohibit their access to internet-enabled/electronic devices on school grounds, subject to statutory exceptions.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
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.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
The active FOCUS Act proposal would allow high-school one-to-one school-issued devices only with caregiver opt-in, with separate opt-in for off-premises use; lab/cart models would remain permitted.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
Would direct the commissioner to submit revised CS/digital-fluency standards for Regents approval, including media literacy focused on synthetic content, digital citizenship and screen/social-media effects.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
Would prohibit classroom AI before ninth grade, with exceptions for diagnostic purposes and explicit instructional interventions for students with disabilities.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
Would prohibit homework requiring internet access, an electronic device or educational technology in pre-K–8.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
Would minimize required digital homework in grades 9–12 and provide non-digital alternatives where feasible.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
Would prioritize non-digital instruction where feasible and allow refusal of school-device tasks when a reasonable non-digital alternative exists.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
Would bar AI companions, generative AI and conversational AI on school-issued devices, subject to statutory instructional and accessibility exceptions.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
Would block social-media, gaming and messaging platforms on school-issued devices and restrict displayed media to instructional purposes.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
For 2026-27, NYCPS does not permit software that uses student-facing generative AI in grades 2K–8, with accessibility-related protections preserved.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
For 2026-27, high-school student-facing AI is limited to centrally approved, vetted pilots and specified career-readiness contexts with teacher supervision rather than unrestricted general use.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
All NYCPS high-school students are required to complete two 45-minute AI-literacy modules covering how AI works, data privacy and bias, and appropriate uses of AI in school; some CTE/certification/pilot participants receive deeper AI learning.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
NYCPS policy provides no routine 1:1 student screen time in grades 2K–2. Teacher-led whole/small-group technology use and specified accessibility, assessment, remote-learning and centrally approved instructional exceptions remain available.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
NYCPS recommends no more than 30 minutes of daily 1:1 screen time for students in grades 3–5, with specified instructional, assessment and accessibility exceptions.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
NYCPS recommends no more than 45 minutes of daily 1:1 screen time for students in grades 6–8, with specified instructional, assessment and accessibility exceptions.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
Staff may use AI for planning and operations subject to ERMA privacy/security approval and procurement rules.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
AI may not be used for grading, behavior monitoring, placement, promotion, graduation or other decisions about students.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
Schools notify families when students participate in approved AI programs; NYCPS supplies pilot guidance to affected families.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
Students may use district-approved tools within the instructor’s permitted assignment level; submitting AI work as original or using unapproved tools is prohibited.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
Staff may use approved AI for planning and professional tasks with human review; AI cannot be the sole grader or decision maker.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
Students and staff must not enter personally identifiable or confidential information into AI tools.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
No records in this section have been published. This is an evidence gap in the collection, not a determination that no relevant action exists.
Consistent 16-dimension checklist
Inventory reviewed October 3, 2026. 10/16 dimensions have published evidence of any status. Every dimension remains open to additional sources and superseding actions.
| Dimension | Current statewide evidence | Other published evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Personal devices | 1 linked action | 0 current district actions · 0 future, proposed, or historical |
| School-issued devices | Not yet established | 3 current district actions · 4 future, proposed, or historical |
| Screen time | Not yet established | 3 current district actions · 2 future, proposed, or historical |
| Student AI | Not yet established | 2 current district actions · 2 future, proposed, or historical |
| Staff AI | Not yet established | 3 current district actions · 0 future, proposed, or historical |
| AI governance | Not yet established | 3 current district actions · 0 future, proposed, or historical |
| Social media / network | Not yet established | 0 current district actions · 1 future, proposed, or historical |
| Privacy / cybersecurity | 2 linked actions | 0 current district actions · 0 future, proposed, or historical |
| AI literacy | Not yet established | 1 current district action · 0 future, proposed, or historical |
| Computer science | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Digital literacy | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Media literacy | Not yet established | 0 current district actions · 1 future, proposed, or historical |
| Digital citizenship | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Cybersecurity literacy | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Data literacy | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Social-media literacy | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
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