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Board reviews new AI policy and updates to academic integrity, cybersecurity and equity policies
Summary
The school board heard task-force recommendations and an OSBA template for a new artificial intelligence policy and revisions to academic integrity, cybersecurity, responsible-use and equity policies; directors stressed parity between using AI and other forms of tutoring or help, and asked for explicit implementation steps and staff training.
Lake Oswego School Board members reviewed a new model policy on artificial intelligence and related updates to academic integrity, cybersecurity, responsible-use and equity policies and discussed how the district should treat student use of generative AI.
Board members and staff said the district convened a task force of teachers, staff and students to draft guidance. The new recommended policy (OSBA’s model policy IKJ) addresses independent student use, classroom use, staff use, privacy and compliance. The board also reviewed edits to the district’s academic integrity policy (IKI) that add language about proper citation when students use external resources — including AI — and to policies on cybersecurity/data privacy (EHB), responsible use of technology (IIBG), electronic communication (IIVGA) and educational equity (JBB) to ensure AI is covered.
Several directors expressed concern about treating AI-assisted student work differently from help a student might receive from a tutor, parent or peer. Director Bills said the district should avoid a policy that is more restrictive for AI than for other forms of help, and proposed that restrictions "be no more restrictive for AI use than as applied to any other form of support, assistance, guidance, or inspiration the student might receive outside of the classroom." Board members argued that teaching AI literacy and citation conventions should be part of classroom instruction rather than solely punitive enforcement.
Board members also pressed for implementation details, including professional development to ensure staff can teach AI literacy and consistent classroom-level guidance so teachers do not apply the rules inconsistently (the so-called “stoplight” approach of red/yellow/green devices). Staff said the district will develop training and ARs (administrative regulations) and that further language revisions would be coordinated with OSBA and the district’s AI task force.
No final vote was taken on the new OSBA model policy during the meeting; the board asked administration to revise draft language to: (1) clarify parity between AI and other supports, (2) define expectations for citation and how to teach AI literacy, and (3) prepare recommended administrative regulations and training plans for staff and students.
