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Board reviews draft AI policy; CIO urges AI literacy, board seeks broader digital‑citizenship work
Summary
Chief Information Officer Rob Dixon presented a short draft AI policy for discussion. The board asked about academic integrity, privacy (COPPA/FERPA), app vetting and teacher training; board members recommended a companion digital‑citizenship policy and asked staff to return with additional guidance.
The Board of Education discussed a draft district policy on artificial intelligence at its May 5 meeting after Rob Dixon, the district’s chief information officer, explained the policy aims to protect academic integrity while allowing staff to use AI tools to increase instructional efficiency.
Dixon said the technology committee — which includes staff and parents — helped develop the draft and that the policy will be followed by more detailed guidelines. “One of the things that we identified in our process is, just helping our teachers to navigate what's appropriate, age appropriateness,” he said.
Nut graf: Board members raised questions about teacher training, plagiarism and student privacy rules. Several members asked staff to expand the district’s work to include a broader digital‑literacy or digital‑citizenship policy.
Privacy, vetting and classroom practice
Board members pressed staff on privacy and legal compliance. Dixon described the district’s app‑approval process and said any AI feature in an approved application will require additional scrutiny — including whether vendors train models on district data or sell data. He referenced federal laws in the discussion: “When you think of COPPA and you think of, FERPA…we would have to identify both the data items that were outside of directory information that were, utilized in that, and then also, notify any of the people that were affected by that.”
Classroom integrity
Board members and staff discussed how AI changes assessments. Dixon suggested teachers should adjust assessment design and keep a human‑in‑the‑loop check for student understanding. Board member Stan noted the draft policy contains explicit language about plagiarism, attribution and academic integrity.
Next steps
The board did not adopt the policy at the meeting. Members asked staff to continue work on implementation guidelines, vetting processes for apps with AI, and an expanded digital‑citizenship policy to address healthy technology use and student digital well‑being.
