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Hillsborough school board approves teacher‑facing AI platform, seeks usage updates

Hillsborough County School Board · February 10, 2026
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The Hillsborough County School Board unanimously approved a contract addendum to adopt Magic School, an AI platform for teachers, after staff outlined privacy safeguards and board members requested biannual usage reports and a future approval step before student‑facing rollout.

The Hillsborough County School Board on Feb. 10 unanimously approved an addendum to bring Magic School, an educator‑designed artificial‑intelligence platform, into district classrooms as a teacher tool.

Superintendent Van Ayers and district technology lead Gary Brady described the platform as aligned with the district’s emerging‑technology policy and its AI governance framework and said Magic School meets “top privacy standards.” Brady said the district is authorizing teacher‑facing access only and that student access is not being turned on now.…

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