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Policy committee begins drafting AI policy and reviewing cell‑phone rules as PSBA migration approaches
Summary
Director Lavender S. said the policy committee is drafting an AI policy using other districts' models and will update the district's electronics/cell-phone policy; the board will schedule training on policy storage platform changes before July 1.
Director Lavender S. reported the policy committee is reviewing other districts' AI policies and will draft guidance for Chester‑Upland. She said the committee examined policies from East Penn, Upper St. Clair, Bethlehem and Philadelphia school districts and will adapt relevant language for local implementation.
On electronics and cell-phone rules, Lavender S. said the district currently uses an electronic-device policy and will consider whether to update that policy or create a separate cell-phone policy; she recommended waiting to see what Harrisburg does before making a final change. She also noted PSBA (Pennsylvania School Boards Association) is migrating its platform and the district needs to plan how to store policy documents and board content. "We just haven't had a chance to have an extensive conversation," Lavender S. said; she offered to share a PSBA training link and to schedule policy work before July 1.
Why it matters: The district is preparing guidance for emerging classroom technologies (AI) and updating student-device rules, while managing a platform migration that will affect where policies and board documents are stored and accessed. The board requested training and an accelerated policy timeline to ensure updates occur before the new school year.
