California passes law to ensure your child is taught by a ‘natural human,’ not AI

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2148, which from 2027 bans public K-12 schools from using AI as the primary instructor, requiring that all teachers and contractors be "natural people." The law allows AI as a supplemental tool but mandates human educators for direct instruction, responding to concerns about AI's impact on education.

California passes law to ensure your child is taught by a ‘natural human,’ not AI See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The California Post on Google https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=nypost.com California is drawing a line in the digital sand. Starting 2027, public schools in the Golden State can’t have AI teachers https://nypost.com/2026/01/30/business/new-65k-private-school-uses-ai-to-teach-students-in-just-two-hours-a-day-in-silicon-valley-bid-to-shake-up-us-education/ for K-12 students. The latest amendment to the state’s education code, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom https://nypost.com/2026/06/01/us-news/gavin-newsom-allies-poised-to-pocket-250m-from-anthropic-ipo-after-role-in-california-ai-push/ last month, clarifies that all staff and contractors recruited by public schools should be “natural people.” Assembly Bill 2148 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill id=202520260AB2148 says that while AI can still be used as a supplemental learning tool like a tutoring software, the actual legal “employee” or “contractor” delivering instruction and services must be a human. The original bill proposed a blanket ban on using AI and educational technology https://nypost.com/2026/06/26/lifestyle/teachers-parents-and-students-trash-impact-of-ai-in-schools/ in public schools but lawmakers later toned it down a bit, saying that only humans can be hired to educate and support California’s K-12 public school students. “We unfortunately have arrived at a point in the history of humankind where we need to define educators as human beings.,” the bill’s author, Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi D-Torrance had said earlier this year. https://muratsuchi.asmdc.org/videos He said that the proposal stems from the “dramatic rise” of AI and it’s unknown impact on the future of education. Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters California Post News : Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheCaliforniaPost/ , Instagram https://www.instagram.com/californiapost , TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@CaliforniaPost , X https://x.com/californiapost , YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@thecaliforniapost , WhatsApp https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029Vb6a2IV1NCrL6q2AWq0E , LinkedIn http://linkedin.com/company/californiapost California Post Sports Facebook https://www.facebook.com/capostsports/ , Instagram https://www.instagram.com/capostsports/?hl=en , TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@capostsports , YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@CaliforniaPostSports , X https://x.com/capostsports California Post Opinion https://x.com/californiapost California Post Newsletters : Sign up here https://email.nypost.com/ california-post California Post App : Download here https://apps.apple.com/us/app/california-post/id6751343487 Home delivery : Sign up here https://subscribe.californiapost.com/defaultCAP Page Six Hollywood : Sign up here https://pagesix.com/hollywood-signup/ “The bipartisan measure… simply seeks to clarify and recognize the fact that as long as our children are human beings, that we need to have teachers, educators being human beings, and to continue to recognize that in in our laws that the importance of that human connection.” Muratsuchi added. The new bill comes at a time when AI schools are expanding across the Golden State including a $65,000-a-year private AI-driven school set to open in Santa Monica https://nypost.com/2026/07/08/us-news/pricey-private-school-with-ai-teachers-expands-to-los-angeles/ next month.