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Board keeps cautious AI and tight social-media rules; bans student access to TikTok on district devices
Summary
Trustees discussed updated 7,000-series policies on technology, acceptable use and artificial intelligence. The board preserved restrictive language on student access to social media on district networks and kept a cautious, teacher‑permission framework for AI use.
The Clay County School Board kept restrictive language on student access to social media and retained conservative guardrails for artificial intelligence at an April 2025 workshop.
Trustees agreed language will prohibit students from accessing social-media platforms over district-provided internet on district-owned devices; the redline removed a prior exception that allowed student access when expressly directed by a teacher "solely for educational purposes." Board members and staff said district-approved platforms and apps (the district referenced its approved-app processes and a district app used for teacher-student contact) remain available for classroom instruction once vetted by the district.
The trustees also decided to keep the AI policy in its fuller form pending more training for staff. School leaders described a phased approach: vendor engagement (Google Gemini and similar education tools), teacher training next year, and a slow rollout to classrooms once staff are trained and the district confirms safe, non‑persistent data usage. Board members argued for keeping prohibitions against unpermitted student use of AI tools for completed schoolwork and asked that the superintendent retain authority to approve pilot uses consistent with the district mission.
Staff were asked to make the acceptable-use policy language clearer about which district-approved platforms must be used for school communications and to keep explicit prohibitions on the TikTok platform on district-owned devices. Trustees also restored student‑safety language prohibiting students from using social media over district internet except where district procedure explicitly authorizes an approved educational use.
Ending: The board kept conservative prohibitions on student social‑media access via district networks, preserved the AI safeguards, and asked staff to return with training plans and a list of district‑approved apps.
