Board adopts AI use policy, asks staff to refine implementation guidance for middle and high schools

The Lansing USD 469 Board of Education voted to adopt the Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) model policy IIB on use of artificial intelligence and directed district leadership to return revised implementation guidance for a second reading. The policy committee recommended adopting the model policy with district‑specific implementation changes; the board accepted the recommendation on a recorded roll call vote.

The policy committee suggested limiting active classroom AI use to middle and high school students, preserving foundational instruction in lower grades. Committee members emphasized that implementation guidance should make AI a tool to support learning — not a shortcut for doing student work — and should include teacher controls, attribution expectations and a standardized citation format as students progress through the district. The committee also recommended semiannual review of the guidance so it remains current with rapidly changing AI tools.

District staff described existing safeguards: the district’s web filter redirects student access to curated, education‑focused AI tools (Securely and MagicSchool AI were cited) and logs student inputs to maintain records of use. Staff also described a two‑year trial of a differentiation tool (DFIT) that generates grade‑appropriate content and prompts and tracks outputs for teacher review.

During discussion, board members raised concerns about scenarios such as students using AI to generate outlines or to improve clarity without proper attribution, and about younger students entering personally identifying information into AI tools. Staff said classroom practice, supervisory controls and filtered education tools can mitigate those risks; academic‑integrity checks (for example in‑class writing samples) were recommended as supplemental safeguards.

Next steps: the board asked the district leadership team to revise the implementation guidance to (1) bound AI instructional use to middle and high school, (2) define citation requirements and a consistent format, and (3) return the revised guidance for a second reading in April. The board approved the policy as written and the motion to send implementation guidance back to staff for revision carried on roll call.

Votes and motions: recorded roll calls show the board approved adoption of IIB and the motion directing implementation guidance revisions.