In May 2026, NYSUT’s Board of Directors adopted a resolution calling for developmentally appropriate limits on classroom technology. Among its recommendations:
- No one-to-one devices or online testing in prekindergarten through grade 2, except to support students with documented needs such as translation or special education.
- A paper-and-pencil testing option for every student, as called for in NYSUT’s “More Teaching, Less Testing” report.
- No student-facing AI for students in prekindergarten through grade 2.
- No non-educational AI for students in grades 3 through 8.
- AI use in any grade only when it is supervised, educator-led and designed to build critical thinking, digital literacy and civic readiness — not to replace human instruction, creativity or judgment.
- No “social companion” chatbots — programs that simulate human relationships — for children under 16.
The bottom line: educators and families, not tech companies, should decide how and when technology is used.
The full text of the resolution is available here.