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Policy committee backs baseline generative-AI policy, asks superintendent for districtwide implementation plan
Summary
The policy committee approved language to adopt a baseline generative-AI policy and instructed the superintendent to develop an implementation plan with clear, consistent guidance across elementary, middle and high school levels, to be reported to the board by June 30.
The policy committee reviewed a draft School Board Policy on generative artificial intelligence and agreed to adopt it as a baseline while directing the superintendent to produce an implementation plan.
Committee members said the draft provides guardrails but lacks operational detail. "I feel like having this is better than having nothing, but it feels imprecise and imperfect to me," a committee member said during discussion, arguing the policy should be refined after a working group pilots its use in classrooms.
Staff member (S4) proposed the board add explicit language requiring district leadership to prepare a plan: "Superintendents shall develop and maintain a generative AI use plan that operationalizes this policy and provides clear, consistent guidance for implementation across the district," the staff member said. Members agreed the plan should require consistent elementary-level practices districtwide (grades K'5), allow middle-school consistency by subject or grade, and set high-school guidance by department.
The committee also set a reporting deadline for that plan. After discussion, members agreed the superintendent'prepared plan should be delivered "no later than June 30." Staff and board members said the plan will give schools the "bones" needed to develop department- or building-level expectations and to address academic-integrity questions.
Members proposed specific additions to the policy. They recommended expanding the definition of generative-AI tools to include examples such as cloud-based tools and fraud risks and suggested adding language to recognize that the technology will evolve and that the board will revisit the policy as needed. The committee emphasized that the implementation plan should address special-education contexts and IEP-related legal constraints.
On classroom practice, a member described a pilot requirement that students screenshot prompts and attach outputs to assignments as a platform-agnostic way to document acceptable use and deter inappropriate substitution of AI-produced work.
The committee did not take a final vote on the policy text at this meeting; instead members asked staff to incorporate the proposed language, circulate the revised draft by email and return it for review. The working group will continue drafting over the summer and will consult principals and special-education staff before the board considers a second reading.
