Board adopts consent agenda including updated AI policy and property removal agreement

The Bartlesville School Board approved its consent agenda, which included a policy update to address artificial-intelligence tools in district classrooms, an interlocal agreement to remove a structure at 703 South Delaware and convert the site to a park, and a supplemental appropriation reflecting midterm state-aid adjustments.

Superintendent (S2) summarized consent items: item K is the agreement with the City of Bartlesville to remove the structure at 703 South Delaware and maintain the site as a park; item L is a revised ECA policy (Internet and other computer networks) updated to incorporate changes related to AI; item M is the annual renewal of the district's electronic evaluation system. S2 also asked that item N (a sanctioning application) receive no action because the packet did not arrive in time.

At a follow-up question from the board, district technology staff (S10) described current controls and the phased approach: generative AI remains blocked by filtering for students during regular access, the district plans teacher training this summer and during the year, and a licensed Google tool (Gemini) is proposed for phased introduction to high-school students only because of licensing limits for younger students. S10 emphasized using an AI framework to define acceptable classroom use and documentation practices.

A board member (S1) asked about the cost and scale of a potential phone-pouch program discussed in the superintendent's remarks; S2 said a pouch would cost about $30 per student and estimated $90,000 for 3,000 middle- and high-school students if the district chose to provide them, though funding for that program is not yet assured.

The consent agenda was moved by S9, seconded and approved by voice vote.