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New York City placed a one-year moratorium on student-facing generative AI for all K–8 students, affecting nearly 600,000 children — the most expansive AI restriction ever imposed on a U.S. K–12 district.
New York City and Los Angeles have imposed AI moratoriums through 8th grade as the 2026–27 school year opens, while Chicago school board candidates push for the same — drawing a sharp divide between urban districts restricting AI and those making it a graduation requirement.
Boston Public Schools will require AI literacy for all high school graduates starting September 2026, becoming the first major US city school district to make AI fluency a graduation requirement.
One of Houston's largest school districts has implemented a grade-banded AI access framework — banning generative AI tools for elementary students while building structured access through high school.
Boston became the first major U.S. city to launch a structured AI literacy graduation requirement for public high schoolers, rolling out AI Educator Ambassadors backed by a $1 million private grant and a curriculum co-developed with UMass Boston.
A Stanford SCALE review of 800+ studies found zero high-quality U.S. causal studies on AI's effect on K–12 students — while states legislate and districts deploy at scale.
A wave of 134 state bills across 31 states is targeting AI in K-12 and higher education—covering student data privacy, classroom use restrictions, and parental consent—as 85% of teachers and 86% of students already report using AI tools.
Across K-12 platforms, tutoring apps, and enterprise LMS tools, AI-driven personalization has shifted from differentiated feature to baseline expectation — and legacy publishers are racing to keep up.
A major NPR poll finds most K-12 teachers believe AI will surpass the internet in educational impact — but 54% say it's already making it harder for students to develop critical thinking skills.
Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Alabama, and Missouri are advancing bills to require AI literacy coursework as a condition for high school graduation — the first coordinated wave of mandatory AI education policy in the U.S.
Idaho Governor Brad Little signed SB 1227, making Idaho the first state to codify a complete AI governance structure for K-12 education — including an explicit prohibition on AI replacing human teachers.
Boston Public Schools is committing $1 million to guarantee every high school graduate leaves with AI proficiency — the first major American city to set that as a formal graduation requirement.
The U.S. Department of Education finalized a rule on April 13 prioritizing grant applications that incorporate AI literacy — the federal government's first formal tie between AI competency and K-12 funding.
The U.S. Department of Education finalized a rule on April 13 making AI literacy a scored criterion in federal grant applications—the first time AI fluency has been embedded in federal education funding.
The US Department of Education finalized a rule giving priority scoring to grants that incorporate AI literacy—directly tying federal education funding to whether schools are building AI competency.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced that Boston Public Schools will become the first major-city school district in the U.S. to make AI literacy a graduation requirement, with mandatory coursework launching across all BPS high schools in September 2026.
Boston becomes the first major American city to require AI literacy for high school graduation, setting a national precedent starting in fall 2026.
134 AI-in-education bills have been introduced across 31 states in 2026, targeting student data privacy, classroom use restrictions, and AI literacy curricula requirements.