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Mount Lebanon board adopts multiple personnel and AI policies, retires student-teaching and reporting-arrests policies
Summary
The board unanimously adopted a set of personnel policies and a new policy on generative artificial intelligence in education (policy 815.1) and retired two older policies during the March 17 meeting.
The Mount Lebanon Board of School Directors voted unanimously on March 17 to adopt several revised personnel and administrative policies, including a new policy numbered 815.1 governing the use of generative artificial intelligence in education, and to retire two legacy policies on student teaching and reporting arrests and convictions.
The motion, read at the meeting, listed the policies adopted as 301 (creating a position), 302 (employment of superintendent and assistant superintendent), 304 (employment of district staff), 304.1 (anti-nepotism), 305 (employment of substitutes), 306 (employment of summer school staff), 307 (student teachers), and 815.1 (use of generative artificial intelligence in education). The motion also included retiring policy LEA (student teaching) and GDFAB (reporting arrests and convictions).
The policy committee reported earlier in the meeting that it had been reviewing numerous policies during the districttransition from NSBA to PSBA services and that the AI policy work had involved several administrators. Policy committee chair Miss Guth thanked staff and described the AI policy work as collaborative: "Massive thank you to Dr. Friese and Dr. Joel Thompson and Dr. Schuman, Dr. Shulu and Dr. Davis about the artificial intelligence policy. It's really exciting work that they're doing and we are happy to have it on the agenda today to vote for," she said.
The board took a roll-call vote on the composite policy motion; the vote was recorded as eight ayes (Mrs. Burdick; Mrs. Crabill; Miss Fleischer; Mrs. Gellman; Miss Genssel; Miss Guth; Mr. Hoffman; Mr. Weiland) and no nays or abstentions. The motion was moved and seconded at the meeting; the board did not record any dissent during roll call.
Board members said the policy updates reflect a district effort to modernize governance documents and to align position- and personnel-related policies with current employment practices. The administration and policy committee indicated that additional administrative regulations and implementation details would follow where needed.
Ending: The policy package passed unanimously; the board will implement the new AI policy and updated personnel policies per the district's adoption timeline and follow-up materials from the policy committee.
