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Board reviews handbook updates, including new Act 89 requirements and AI guidance
Summary
Trustees reviewed multiple 2026–27 handbook updates across grade levels — including language to comply with Wisconsin Act 89 on staff‑pupil communications and new rules on student use of AI and electronic devices — and sent the handbooks forward for later approval.
Bridget, speaking for the policy committee, told the board the committee met to address Wisconsin Act 89 and related handbook language changes. “Wisconsin Act 89, which requires all public and private schools to adopt policies and provide annual trainings on appropriate communication between school employees and pupils,” she said, noting a September 1 statutory deadline for policy adoption.
Staff summarized handbook updates for different grade levels: preschool and elementary handbooks add equal education opportunity and anti‑harassment language, clarify attendance codes, and align electronic‑device rules with the new statute; elementary handbooks add academic‑honesty and AI guidance to prohibit unpermitted use of AI to complete student work. The board reviewed the changes on first reading and was asked to return the handbooks for approval at a later meeting.
