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Stokes County Schools sets AI classroom rules and adopts SubjectAI for credit recovery
Summary
The board reviewed proposed district AI guidance (K–5 teacher-directed, 6–8 guided, 9–12 gradual release; agentic AI and AI grading prohibited) and approved adopting SubjectAI as a single credit-recovery platform, funded from existing PRC 01/2031 funds with modest added cost.
Stokes County Schools trustees discussed proposed district guidance for classroom use of artificial intelligence and approved a separate action to adopt SubjectAI as the district’s credit-recovery platform.
A district presenter outlined the policy framework: "K–5 is teacher directed, with student use being closely supervised," he said, adding that for grades 6–8 the district envisions guided use with explicit instruction and for grades 9–12 a gradual-release model with human accountability. The presenter said the district will prohibit "agentic AI," meaning tools that can perceive an environment, make decisions and act without a human in the loop.
On assessment, the presenter was explicit: "AI cannot grade student work," though it can help draft feedback and identify trends. He also said "AI checkers are prohibited" because they are fallible and can falsely accuse students of cheating.
The presenter described privacy and legal guardrails the district will follow, citing state and federal frameworks including SB 49, FERPA, COPPA, CIPA and IDEA, and said the state is developing model guidance and micro-credentials for staff training. The district helped develop those micro-credentials and plans training for the fall.
Separately, the board approved adopting SubjectAI as the district’s credit-recovery platform. The presenter described SubjectAI as offering more authentic assessments than the district’s current platforms and said the tool returns human-graded work within 24 hours. "One of the great things about moving to this platform is it will be consistent for all students... within 24 hours when students submit those assignments through the subject AI platform, they have human graders," he said. The superintendent indicated the district will fund the platform from existing PRC 01/2031 funds, noting only marginal additional cost.
The board moved both the AI guidance discussion forward and approved SubjectAI by voice votes. The transcript does not include a roll-call tally for either vote.
Next steps: the district will finalize policy language, roll out staff micro-credential training this fall, and implement SubjectAI for credit recovery at the start of the school year.
