NYC and LA student AI restrictions

New York City banned student-facing AI tools in all K-8 classes for the 2026-27 school year while allowing a limited set of approved tools for high schoolers; Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels and Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the policy on September 2, 2026. Los Angeles reportedly banned student AI use across all K-12 grades around September 6, 2026, a broader restriction than NYC's; that ban has not been confirmed by a primary policy document or official district statement. University of Chicago Law School is piloting a ban on electronic devices in core first-year classes in fall 2026, and Berkeley Law's default policy, effective summer 2026, bars AI from conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing work submitted for credit; both restrictions arrive as AI adoption in the legal profession is growing. An OECD survey of over 760,000 students across 91 countries found that students who do not use AI perform better academically than those who do. Twenty-two US states plus Washington DC have mandated bell-to-bell phone bans in schools.