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Franklin SSD outlines limits on student AI use, sets staff disclosure and training rules
Summary
The Franklin SSD director of teaching and learning reported the district will restrict student access to only approved AI-enhanced tools, require staff disclosure of AI use, and expand professional learning on AI ahead of the 2025–26 school year.
Franklin SSD officials on Monday told the Board of Education the district will limit student use of artificial intelligence to approved tools that embed AI features and will require staff to disclose and verify AI-generated material.
The report, delivered by Dr. Decker in the teaching-and-learning section of the June meeting, described how Franklin SSD will implement board policy 4.2 0.214 on “use of artificial intelligence programs,” including a curricular resource request process for approving AI tools and quarterly reminders from instructional technology specialists.
The policy matters because it sets the boundary between classroom innovation and student-data protections. “Only approved AI programs may be utilized in student instruction or in completing student work,” Dr. Decker read aloud from the policy text before summarizing enforcement steps and professional learning plans.
Under the district’s approach, student-facing AI access will be limited to tools whose primary function is not generative AI but that include AI enhancements (the presentation cited Canva for Education as an example). Staff may use AI for drafting communications, images and administrative tasks, but must disclose use when nondisclosure would mislead supervisors or violate tool terms, and they must verify outputs against reliable sources before relying on them.
Dr. Decker said instructional technology specialists will cover the resource-request process and AI policy highlights at each school at the start of every year and in quarterly newsletters. The district has scheduled AI professional learning sessions, including a February 2025 session already offered and planned presentations during the July 2025 TIDA Summer Institute that will be hosted in-district.
The district also said it will not approve large language model services such as ChatGPT or Gemini for student use at this time, citing federal privacy restrictions; parents and guardians will be notified about approved AI programs via the district website. The report noted the district is exploring Common Sense Media AI literacy lessons for possible inclusion in annual Common Sense Certification for schools.
The board did not take formal action on AI at the meeting; the presentation described planned implementation steps and training for the coming school year.
