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Board members raise AI and staff‑protection concerns as student handbook discussed
Summary
During the superintendent's report board members asked whether the district's student handbook addresses harms from AI (fake images and voice), and staff said existing acceptable‑use and discipline policies provide some coverage but that the district is 'catching up' on AI‑specific language.
Board members used the superintendent's report on June 2 to press whether the district's student handbook protects staff and students from harms enabled by artificial intelligence.
A board member asked directly whether the discipline language on page 34–35 addresses incidents where students use AI to create or distribute images or false statements about staff. The board member noted recent incidents and raised concerns about reputational harm and defamation.
In response the superintendent said the district currently relies on general acceptable‑use and discipline policies and that administrators retain discretion to determine what conduct constitutes punishable offenses. The superintendent acknowledged the district is "in a catch‑up mode" on AI‑specific policy language and that some statewide and peer discussions are underway on model policies.
Board members emphasized that while existing rules such as 'gross disrespect' may be applied in some cases, the handbook as presented in the meeting did not contain explicit, AI‑targeted protections for staff or students, and they asked the administration to clarify how incidents arising from deepfakes or synthetic media would be handled in practice.
The board later approved agenda item 5.13 (recorded as a handbook item) but the transcript does not include the full text of the approved changes.
