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District reviews first reading of generative-AI policy amid academic-integrity questions
Summary
At a November session the Southern Columbia Area School District took a first reading of draft policy 08:15.2 on generative artificial intelligence in education, weighing student training, academic-integrity enforcement and rapidly changing tools such as Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT.
The Southern Columbia Area School District board took a first reading of a draft policy on generative artificial intelligence in education, opening a broad discussion about how teachers and students should use tools such as Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT.
Administrators presented the draft as recommended guidance (S5, staff member). S5 said the policy, modeled on PSBA guidance, would provide “training for students which may include but not limited to expectations, capabilities, limitations, critical analysis, generative AI resources, and importance of identical information,” and recommended early input from department heads before the board advances the measure.
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