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Parents, students press Radnor committee for mandatory Title IX screening and stronger response to AI deepfakes
Summary
At a May 5 Radnor Township School Board policy committee meeting, parents and student representatives urged the district to add mandatory Title IX screening, central-office escalation, digital-evidence preservation, and victim-centered interim measures to administrative regulations addressing AI-generated sexualized images involving students.
At a May 5 policy committee meeting, parents, students and committee members urged the Radnor Township School District to beef up implementation measures in proposed administrative regulations for harassment, cyberbullying and Title IX-related incidents involving AI-generated sexualized imagery.
Audrey Greenberg, a Radnor resident who spoke during both the live and recorded comment periods, told the committee the ARs "do not fix the most serious problem, which is implementation," and asked for five concrete changes before the regulations move forward. Greenberg asked the district to require immediate Title IX coordinator screening, central-office escalation so cases do not remain at the building level, clear timelines for intake and investigation, a digital evidence-preservation protocol and victim-centered supportive measures including no-contact directives and counseling.
The committee and administration described the draft ARs as a starting point. Dr. Scott Hahn, the district's administrative liaison, said the revisions explicitly include "the nonconsensual use of generative artificial intelligence" in examples that inform harassment and cyberbullying reviews and that the district plans to engage outside experts this summer to continue refining policies and ARs. He said the administrative team also will review the Title IX website and provide ongoing training to administrators to support consistent implementation.
Administrative staff described current investigatory practice as fact-gathering at the building level with escalation to student services, legal counsel, Child Youth Services or police where circumstances require it. Dan Bechtold said building administrators "gather facts" from Safe2Say tips, emails, screenshots and witness interviews and then include stakeholders as needed; he identified Todd Stitzel as the district's Title IX coordinator.
Committee members voiced two recurring concerns: (1) that AR language and operational practice leave too much discretion at the building level in cases involving sexualized or criminal conduct, and (2) that families need clearer written communications when an incident implicates Title IX or criminal processes. Susan Stern, a committee member, urged explicitly listing the district Title IX coordinator in ARs that reference Title IX and asked administration to clarify when disciplinary outcomes may be disclosed consistent with law. Student representative Lucy Lasso said she wished more students could observe the committee's deliberations to understand how the district protects students and staff.
Speakers also debated whether the district should rely on in-house counsel for sensitive Title IX investigations or retain outside firms on certain cases. Chair Janine Lau said ARs cannot override board policy and argued for embedding AI-related language across existing policies rather than creating a standalone AI policy; others said outside investigators could help ensure impartiality in high-stakes cases.
A recorded public comment from Karen Hurst of Villanova reiterated support for including AI-generated sexualized content in the bullying language and listed detailed implementation questions for the ARs, including mandatory Title IX screening, evidence preservation requirements (screenshots, usernames, URLs, timestamps), central escalation and immediate protective measures for victims.
Next steps: the administrative team said it will continue work over the summer, engage outside experts and refine AR language and procedures; the committee advanced related policy and AR items for further review and first/second reads but did not adopt final regulatory language at this meeting.
