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Ouachita Parish board approves revisions to AI acceptable-use policy, adds teacher verification steps
Summary
The Ouachita Parish School Board approved updates to Policy EFAB on AI acceptable use, adding separate staff/student rules, teacher verification steps, guidance for IEP/504 students, and plans to adopt district-approved AI tools for traceability.
The Ouachita Parish School Board on Thursday voted to adopt revisions to Policy EFAB, the district's employee and student acceptable-use policy for artificial intelligence, approving new teacher verification procedures, separate guidance for staff and students, and provisions addressing IEP and Section 504 accommodations.
Task force co-chairs Haley Holly and Garrett Rankin brought recommendations from the district's AI task force and presenters summarized the changes. A task force presenter told the board the draft clarifies "appropriate use and inappropriate use" and separates rules for staff and students so expectations are not combined in a single standard. The presenter said the policy adds steps teachers can take when they suspect unauthorized AI use, such as asking a student to explain the work, disclose AI prompts, or complete an alternate…
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