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Board approves Panorama contract with added academic-outcomes language after debate on student data and AI
Summary
The board approved Panorama-related contracts and an amendment adding the phrase "leading to higher academic outcomes" to 'other criteria' language; members questioned student-data handling, parental consent translation, and whether PII would be used in AI, and staff described a 'walled garden' approach.
The board approved Panorama-related contract items from the consent calendar, adding contract language to require any "other criteria" to be "leading to higher academic outcomes as determined by the LEA," and recorded votes and reservations about data privacy and AI use.
Member Earl moved an amendment to the contract that would change language wherever it reads "other criteria" to read "other criteria leading to higher academic outcomes as determined by the LEA." Staff said they could request the change from the vendor; the amendment was seconded and passed 14–1 (the transcript records an abstention by Chair Himas on the amendment). The underlying consent items, as amended, were later approved 12 in favor, 1 abstention…
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