Law / United States / 
New Jersey
Public school employees and contractors must be natural persons (A5529)
N.J. A5529 (2026-2027), supplementing chapter 6 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes
An AI prohibited practices rule binding public and private bodies.
- Audit expectation
- none
As of .
What it requires
- Ensure that every public school employee, and every individual performing services in a public school under a contract with a board of education or the board of trustees of a charter school or renaissance school project, is a natural person.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
In the frameworks
- NIST AI RMF
- MAP 3.3Targeted application scope is specified and documented based on the system’s capability, established context, and AI system categorization.
Our reading of where this law's duties sit in each framework. It never says that running a control meets the law. How we read a framework against the law
What it makes you log
Logging duty
The bill requires school personnel and contractors to be natural persons and states no duty to keep a log or record.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
This bill would require a public school employee, and an individual performing services in a public school under a contract with a board of education or the board of trustees of a charter school or renaissance school project, to be a natural person. It applies to positions including principal, teacher, substitute teacher, school nurse, school counselor, and school bus driver.
The accompanying statement says the bill affirms that interactions between students and school personnel are to be conducted by human beings rather than artificial intelligence or automated decision systems. It was introduced on and referred to the Assembly Education Committee.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app serves under-18s or deploys a chatbot.