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Law / United States / Nevada

AB 406 (2025), public school prohibition on AI performing school counselor, psychologist and social worker functions

Nev. Rev. Stat. 391.297

In force since .

An AI prohibited practices rule binding government bodies.

Obligation class
Prohibition, Governance

What it requires

  • As a public school, including a charter school or a university school for profoundly gifted pupils, do not use artificial intelligence to perform the functions and duties of a school counselor, school psychologist or school social worker that relate to the mental health of pupils.
  • Subsection 1 does not stop a school counselor, school psychologist, school social worker or other educational personnel from using artificial intelligence in accordance with the Department of Education's policy, or for administrative support such as scheduling, managing records, analyzing data for operational purposes, and organizing, tracking and managing files or notes about a pupil.
  • As the Department of Education, develop a policy for the use of artificial intelligence by a school counselor, school psychologist, school social worker or other educational personnel while providing therapy, counseling or other mental or behavioral health services to pupils.
  • Include in that policy a method for the Department to examine the accuracy and efficacy of any artificial intelligence used for those purposes.

These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.

What record it asks for

Logging duty

Section 391.297 bars a public school from using artificial intelligence for the listed counselor, psychologist and social worker functions and directs the Department to develop a policy; it states no duty to create, keep or produce a log or record.

Kind
None
As of

What this law does

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Research summary

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A public school in Nevada, including a charter school or a university school for profoundly gifted pupils, may not use artificial intelligence to perform the functions and duties of a school counselor, school psychologist or school social worker that relate to the mental health of pupils.

The Department of Education must develop a policy for the use of artificial intelligence by school counselors, school psychologists and school social workers while they provide therapy, counseling or other mental or behavioral health services to pupils. The policy must include a method for the Department to examine the accuracy and efficacy of any artificial intelligence used for those mental and behavioral health purposes.

The prohibition does not bar school counselors, school psychologists, school social workers and other educational personnel from using artificial intelligence in accordance with that policy, or for administrative support such as scheduling, managing records, analyzing data for operational purposes, and organizing, tracking and managing files or notes about a pupil. Section 2 of Assembly Bill 406 of 2025 added a new section to chapter 391 of the Nevada Revised Statutes. Assembly Bill 406 of 2025 made its substantive provisions effective on .

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