Students in the nation’s largest school district return to classrooms next week.
ByArthur Jones II
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 7:54AM
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New York City Public Schools is banning more than half a million students and teachers from using artificial intelligence for the 2026-2027 academic year, the school district confirmed to ABC News.
The nation’s largest school district said it will return next week with a sweeping ban on AI for grades 2-K-8th grade, which is the city’s pre-schoolers through middle schoolers.
In a statement to ABC News, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that the city is implementing a moratorium on generative AI for these students and will spend the next year “studying the impacts of this technology.”
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The news comes as some education advocates have pushed for guardrails and formal guidance on AI use.
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