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Imagine a school day with no driver
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behind the wheel, no human teacher
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leaving the lesson, and a robotic nurse
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like Baymax from Big Hero 6 checking on
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your child. That future is the backdrop
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for a new proposal in Trenton. Two
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Democratic Assemblywomen, Heather
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Simmons and Rosie Bagoli, want New
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Jersey public school jobs reserved for
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human beings. Their bill would require
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teachers, bus drivers, nurses, and other
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school personnel, including contractors,
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to be people rather than artificial
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intelligence or automated substitutes.
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The requirement would extend to charter
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schools and Renaissance school projects,
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covering everyone from counselors to
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security officers. Schools could still
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use AI tools to help employees, but
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machines could not take their place in
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the positions covered by the bill. For
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now, that automated school day remains
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hypothetical, and the legislation awaits
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action in the Assembly Education
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Committee. For the latest breaking news,
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