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August 31, 2026, Warren Jefferson Langford
"After first doubling down on the requirement, The NM Public Education Department gave ground and is now letting districts opt out. "
August 26, 2026, KOB
"More than 30 state lawmakers want New Mexico’s Public Education Department to require parental consent for the use of Amira AI and increase oversight in public schools."
"Lawmakers sent the letter Wednesday, led by Rep. Linda Serrato, D-N.M., of Santa Fe. The bipartisan group said it wants the Public Education Department to notify parents about the technology and require consent before schools continue using it."
August 17, 2026, Sally DeRadke
"From my perspective, it seems clear the state picked a bad assessment and instructional tool. The only data that shows it works is from Amira, or paid for by Amira. There is no independent research backing it up. Corporate case studies and marketing don’t count.
The plain truth is that Amira needs our students to use their AI and teachers to correct the errors, so their model can improve and they can make more money selling it to other districts after we’ve been the guinea pigs. My child isn’t free labor to train a tool for corporate profit."
August 8, 2026, André Salkin
"Santa Fe Public Schools is one of four New Mexico school districts seeking to opt out of a state-required artificial intelligence literacy test for students in grades K-2."
"[Amira co-founder and Learning CEO Mark Angel] confirmed recordings are used to train the company’s AI models."
"Albuquerque Public Schools, the state’s largest district, has stayed the course on the tool. A district webpage appeared to include opt-out forms and information for families from February 2024 to May 2026, according to internet archives. But that page had been scrubbed this week."
"The company is set to make around $7.9 million through its New Mexico contracts from 2025 through 2026."
August 7, 2026, Tyler Kingkade
"Jennifer Guy, the Los Alamos Public Schools superintendent, sent a letter to state officials last week that described children who “become anxious or restless when the software fails to register their responses.” Los Alamos joined Santa Fe Public Schools in announcing that it wouldn’t use Amira based on concerns about how the company handles student data.
August 7, 2026, John Rupolo
"Sarah Hager, president of the APS teacher union, criticized Amira, highlighting issues with its fairness and functionality.
"I mean, there's problem after problem after problem, and then students are performing poorly on the assessment, but teachers are going, 'I assess them on my own, and they're scoring much better on my assessment than they are in Amira's assessment,'" Hager said."
August 2, 2026, Carol A. Clark
"Our families are asking questions we cannot fully answer: Where are these voice recordings stored, and for how long? Who can access them? Are they used to train or refine the vendor's AI models? What safeguards protect them from breach or misuse? A child's voice is effectively biometric data, and parents are rightly uneasy about it being collected and retained by a third-party system as a condition of a state-mandated assessment. Until we can provide our district and families with clear, verifiable answers to these questions, we do not believe the state should require children to submit their voices to the platform. We were advised to turn off the recording feature but have been unable to do this at the district level."
August 1, 2026, Warren Jefferson Langford
July 31, 2026, Trevor Thompson
July 27, 2026, Doug Richards
July 20, 2026, Chris Perkins
July 17, 2026, Warren Langford/505omatic
July 16, 2026, SFPS Board Member Juan Blea
July 15, 2026, André Salkin
July 13, 2026, Ifeoma Ozoma
June 23, 2026, Joanna Hou
"'Pockets of experimentation:' Santa Fe teachers embrace AI without clear policies" SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN
"'Pockets of experimentation:' Santa Fe teachers embrace AI without clear policies" SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN
May 14, 2026, André Salkin
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