Parents fought back, forcing NM to allow opt outs from the AI reading program Amira. But state still has no rules governing student data in AI

After tech policy expert Ifeoma Ozoma sounded the alarm about Amira, the state-required AI reading assessment, parents across New Mexico stormed local school board meetings. After first doubling down on the requirement, The NM Public Education Department gave ground and is now letting districts opt out. But Ozoma says none of this would have happened if student data privacy and parental consent protections were already in place. Now she is pushing Santa Fe Public Schools to adopt them, so this doesn't happen again. A letter signed by 35 state lawmakers calling for parental consent has gone to Education Secretary Padilla.