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Spartanberg School Board tables AI, other technology policies for more review
Summary
Facing questions about scope and student impact, the board voted to table four policies — including an acceptable-use/artificial intelligence policy — until the next regular meeting and asked staff to present more detail at a work session.
The Spartanberg School District 1 board on a unanimous vote tabled four policies presented for second reading, including a new acceptable-use policy that addresses artificial intelligence, after several trustees said they needed more time to understand the implications for students and staff.
Policy director Dr. DJ Brown presented the group of policies and said the district relied on the South Carolina School Boards Association model language for the draft. Brown told the board, "we pulled this from the South Carolina School Board Association model policy. We didn't create this on our own." He offered to provide additional information and to participate in a work session to answer trustees' questions.
Several board members expressed concern about the breadth of the AI rules and the need for a greater comfort level with how the technology would be used at the elementary level. Trustees repeatedly requested more discussion and suggested a dedicated work session. One member described the issue as "mammoth" and urged the board to step back and review the drafts before approving them.
After debate, a motion to table the policies was amended to specify the pause would end at the board's following regularly scheduled meeting; trustees also agreed to address the policies in the next work session (scheduled for Tuesday, April 28). The board's action preserves the current acceptable-use rules while the administration returns with clarifying materials.
What happens next: staff will gather additional materials and attend the board work session to answer trustees' questions; the policies were tabled for reconsideration at the next regular meeting.
The board's tabling vote was procedural and did not change day-to-day operations; officials said the current acceptable-use/access rules remain in effect until the revised policies are adopted.
