(The Center Square) – New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels launched a moratorium to combat artificial intelligence use in the classroom, along with a screen time policy for the 2026-27 school year.
The policy will affect more than 600,000 public school students in the nation's largest school district. The AI restrictions will apply to students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. New York City currently has just over 900,000 students enrolled across its K-12 public school system.
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