Parents and educators press LAUSD for clearer screen‑time, AI rules and to protect small specialized campus

A string of parents, teachers and advocates told the Los Angeles Unified School District board on June 5 that the district’s draft technology policy and existing AI bulletin do not adequately protect students, and they asked the board to reconsider a planned clinic at Bellevue Primary Center that would displace specialized programs.

Katie Pace, representing parents of grades 6–12, urged the board to replace a draft that offers discretionary recommendations with firm time limits for device use, and called for a moratorium on student use of generative AI until the ad hoc AI committee issues detailed, enforceable guidance. Kate Brody, an elementary teacher, asked the board to incorporate language from district Bulletin 145709 (digital tools/instructional materials) into the final policy and to clarify rules for short-form and internet-based classroom content.

Sandra Martinez Rowe said she reviewed four AI Task Force meetings and found them lacking student-protection discussion; she also objected to the presence of vendor representatives (including Google and others named in the transcript) on the prior task force and called for any future AI ad hoc committee to exclude members with conflicts of interest.

Amanda McCarthy Yaguchi, a parent and educator at City of Angels, said groups from facilities and student medical services appear to be considering converting classrooms at Bellevue Primary Center into a medical clinic and asked the board to keep the small campus’ specialized programs intact because many of the students served are medically or behaviorally vulnerable.

Why it matters: Speakers said the current guidance is insufficient for protecting developmental and emotional health, enforcing age limits on AI platforms, and preserving campus space that serves vulnerable students. Commenters pointed to missing or dead links in existing bulletin materials and asked the district to issue clarified policy language and stakeholder communication before the new school year.

What the board heard: Requests for explicit screen-time caps by grade band, a student AI moratorium pending stronger policy, clearer guidance on classroom video and short-form content, and a reconsideration of Bellevue Primary Center facilities plans to prevent displacement of specialized services. The transcript does not record an on-the-record staff commitment to all the requests at this meeting.