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Polk County Schools launches controlled AI pilots, plans educator training and data safeguards
Summary
District staff described three controlled AI pilots — a Microsoft Copilot tenant pilot, an Amira Learning literacy pilot, and a teacher training pilot — and outlined data‑security, cost and policy steps before wider classroom rollout.
Polk County School District staff said on March 25 they will begin controlled pilots of artificial‑intelligence tools and develop teacher training and data‑security policies before enabling AI more broadly for staff or students.
Miss Pascoe, who presented the district's AI work, said district leaders planned three initially distinct pilots: a Microsoft Copilot pilot focused on use of content stored in the district's Microsoft tenant (SharePoint, OneDrive) with sensitivity labels to prevent AI access to protected data; a planned Amira…
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