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Dozens of parents urge LAUSD to restrict screen time and curtail generative AI in early grades
Summary
Multiple parents and education advocates told the LAUSD board they are worried about mandated screen minutes, AI tools and district contracts with EdTech vendors; speakers urged greater financial transparency, an opt‑out pathway, lifting recommended I‑Ready minutes, and development of a parent‑facing EdTech policy.
Dozens of parents and advocates used public comment at the Dec. 17 Los Angeles Unified School District board meeting to press the district to curb early‑grade screen time, limit generative‑AI classroom tools and provide clearer financial reporting on EdTech contracts.
“Is it empowering and innovative to allow products like these on our children's devices without adequate safeguards and without even notifying parents?” asked Leila Byock of Schools Beyond Screens, citing an example of a fourth‑grader’s assignment that produced sexualized AI imagery when students used a generative‑AI tool. Multiple speakers said district guidance that encourages weekly I‑Ready minutes has become de facto requirement and urged the…
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