Board reviews updates to student-discipline policies, adds language on academic dishonesty including unauthorized AI use
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Summary
Policy revisions to JGD (suspension/expulsion) and JGR R1/R2 (student discipline) were presented; updates include alignment across drug/alcohol sections and new language treating unauthorized generative AI use as academic dishonesty unless explicitly approved.
The board reviewed proposed changes to several discipline-related policies: AA (district legal status) updates, JGD (student suspension and expulsions), and JG R1 / JG R2 (student discipline, with R2 specific to secondary schools).
Travis Ford presented the revisions and explained that updates align language across related polices, clarify the board’s authority on expulsions and readmissions, and add definitions related to student misconduct. The policy updates also include new language addressing generative artificial-intelligence tools: the recommendations treat unauthorized use of generative AI as a form of academic dishonesty unless a teacher explicitly approves such use.
Board members asked how academic dishonesty consequences would be administered and whether progressive-discipline steps (first offense, second offense, etc.) are listed; Ford said he would confirm whether a progressive-discipline table exists elsewhere in district guidance and return with specifics. No policy was adopted at the discussion meeting; the board will consider the recommended revisions in a subsequent action agenda.
