Junta on student safety, IRMA review, and community voice
Junta emphasizes student safety as essential, describes the IRMA privacy review process and December 2024 AI-specific standards added requiring vendor disclosure. She acknowledges families want broader questions answered about instructional purpose, accessibility, and bias, and commits to community engagement in technology governance.
Third, and probably most important, the safety of our students is essential.
Privacy, security, and instructional review must all work together as we evaluate technological tools.
New York City Public Schools has an existing privacy and security review process through the Enterprise Request Management Application, or IRMA.
Software that has not been reviewed through IRMA is not approved for use with student or staff data.
In December 2024, New York City Public Schools added AI-specific standards requiring vendors to disclose AI capabilities, prohibiting the use of student data to train AI models, and setting transparency requirements.
This review is essential, but families and educators are also asking broader questions about instructional purpose, accessibility, bias, and how tools affect the student experience.
As we enter the next phase of our work, we're working to establish a more comprehensive framework.
One that responds to ongoing evolution of this rapidly changing technology and factors in students'protections, instructional quality, and more.
Finally, community voice must be part of the New York City Public Schools technology governance structure.
Families want more transparency.
Educators need clearer guidance.
Students need a voice in decisions about tools shaping their learning.
We're committed to engaging with each of these groups and others to ensure our approach to AI and technology reflects their continued input.