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Escambia board weighs AI safeguards, student-device limits and procurement cautions
Summary
At a December workshop the Escambia County School Board discussed risks from AI and student device access, affirmed use of a licensed Google Gemini educational account with safeguards, and heard legal advice urging short AI contracts and cross-departmental oversight.
The Escambia County School Board spent a substantive portion of its December workshop discussing artificial intelligence and student digital safety, with members urging tighter controls on student access to smartphones and clearer district policies for AI tools.
Mister Adams, a board member, opened the discussion by warning of harms he said can come from unregulated AI and social media: "Do not allow them unsupervised access to AI or anything on that cell phone. They shouldn't even have that cell phone... till they're 16," he said, linking the concern to…
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