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District adopts updated academic-integrity policy language and sets course for AI policy; committee to survey stakeholders
Summary
Policy committee reported renaming the plagiarism policy to 'academic integrity' with a three-tier response and explicit AI references; the technology committee plans a stakeholder survey and aims for an AI policy by September.
At the Feb. 13 meeting the Vernon Township policy committee reported a district update to the academic-integrity policy (previously titled plagiarism), adding a three-tier approach to violations and incorporating guidance on artificial intelligence. The technology committee reported plans for a stakeholder survey to inform an AI policy.
Why it matters: the revisions change how student work is assessed and discipline is handled, and the technology committee's work will shape district rules on instructor and student use of generative AI.
Policy committee work
The policy committee said it reviewed an alert from the policy vendor Strauss Esmay and processed changes to 14 of 17 policies flagged for update; one significant change was renaming policy 5701 to "academic integrity." The committee described a three-tier system that provides graduated responses to academic-misconduct incidents and explicitly addresses the use of AI tools.
Technology committee and AI
The technology committee held an initial meeting and resolved to build a cross-stakeholder survey for teachers, parents, administrators and students to clarify how AI is being used and should be defined in district policy. "I wanted to set a goal of having an AI policy in place by the start of school in September," said Mr. Fisher at the technology-committee report. The district plans to use survey results to consider forming an ad hoc AI committee and to coordinate policy work across curriculum, policy and finance committees.
Other policy items
The policy report also noted a new spectator code-of-conduct policy required by the NJSIAA, small wording updates across harassment and other regulations, and a positive vendor review from Strauss Esmay with suggestions the committee will address in subsequent meetings.
No new policy changes were adopted for final passage at the Feb. 13 meeting; many are scheduled for first reading at a future public meeting.
