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Platteville program committee reviews 'Magic School' AI pilot, privacy safeguards and classroom rules
Summary
Program Committee members heard a presentation from librarian Paige Leahy on the district's pilot of the Magic School AI platform, its FERPA/COPPA safeguards, a classroom 'scale of use' rubric tied to policy 363.2, and an estimated $7,400 enterprise subscription cost for next year.
Paige Leahy, a librarian with the Platteville School District, presented to the Program Committee on the district’s pilot of the Magic School AI platform and explained how the tool would be used, monitored and taught to staff and students.
Leahy told the committee that Magic School offers educator-focused tools — including IEP generators and worksheet creators — and said the platform is designed for K–12 use. "One of the things that's really lovely about it is that it is intended for educators," Leahy said, adding the vendor describes the product as FERPA- and COPPA-compliant and that district data would not be used to train external models.
The presentation said the district purchased access through CESA/CISA as a…
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