Los Angeles Unified School District

Rule Changes

One-year moratorium on student generative AI

Starting early next year, Google accounts issued by K-12 schools will have Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom and Google Search switched off unless an administrator turns each one on. Google clarified after criticism that schools can leave the Gemini apps off and still enable Search. But Search carries AI Overviews and AI Mode that cannot be switched off, so a school that bans AI still gives up student search.

Updated Nov 3

Rule Changes

Second-largest school district in the U.S., facing insolvency and launching a consolidation process

Los Angeles Unified began a second round of community meetings on Nov. 4 to discuss which schools to close or merge. The decisions could reshape schooling for 374,000 students.

Updated Oct 28

Rule Changes

As of September 2026: Banned generative AI on all district devices for 2026-27

New York City banned student-facing generative AI in public schools through eighth grade this fall, and Los Angeles blocked it on all district devices. The two largest U.S. districts have reversed the permissive embrace of ChatGPT they adopted in 2023.

Updated Sep 7