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language: en · status: proposed · last checked: 2026-10-13

New York A.9190 / S.10133 — artificial intelligence prohibited in classrooms before ninth grade (2025–26)

A bill, not law. A.9190 (R. Carroll; same as S.10133, Jackson) would add §115 to the Education Law, "Artificial intelligence prohibited". It is in committee in both houses: in the Assembly "referred to education" on 11/03/2025 and again on 01/07/2026 (history), and in the Senate "REFERRED TO EDUCATION" on 04/30/2026 (the Assembly page for S10133, read 2026-10-13). If it became law, § 2 reads "This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law."

Applicability to EdTech

The bill would bind schools, not vendors, but its definition is broad enough to reach almost any classroom software: "the term "artificial intelligence" or "AI" means any machine-based system that makes decisions based on algorithms, machine learning, or any form of data-driven modeling" (§115(1)). The prohibition: "No artificial intelligence shall be used in classrooms in schools prior to ninth grade" (§115(2)), with two exceptions — "AI may be used for diagnostic purposes or explicit instruction interventions for students with disabilities" — and a saving for staff: "Nothing in this section shall limit the ability of teachers, administrators, and other school personnel to use AI for administrative and planning purposes." The commissioner would issue guidance on permissible uses.

Key obligations at a glance

Enforcement

The bill provides no enforcement mechanism of its own; it would be a duty on schools under the Education Law, with guidance from the commissioner.

Contents

Document Covers
A9190.md Legislative history to 2026-10-13 and the bill text: proposed Education Law §115 and the effective-date section

Licence

The fact document reproduces a bill printed by the New York Legislature and served by the Assembly. No copyright subsists in it. In Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc., 590 U.S. 255 (2020) (slip opinion, pp. 1 and 5–6, read 2026-10-01), the Supreme Court held that "judges—and, we now confirm, legislators—may not be considered the 'authors' of the works they produce in the course of their official duties as judges and legislators. That rule applies regardless of whether a given material carries the force of law." A bill is such a work. The Assembly bill pages (read 2026-10-13) carry no copyright notice.

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