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Device policy treats assessment use of AI tools as cheating-related misuse

Jackson Public School District · By Ben Guzovsky · Published Oct 20, 2026, 10:37 PM UTC · Board record: Jul 15, 2025

Day-to-day

Excerpt from JCBAAA—Scholar Use of Electronic Devices (PDF) for Device policy treats assessment use of AI tools as… — Official source excerpt: JCBAAA—Scholar Use of Electronic Devices (PDF); editorial caption by Our School Board · source-evidence

What happened

Current JCBAAA expressly includes accessing artificial-intelligence tools during assessments among prohibited cheating-related device uses.

Why it matters to families

The provision sets a concrete districtwide AI boundary during assessments, while the reviewed policies do not establish a broader generative-AI framework.

The evidence

The July 15, 2025 official policy explicitly identifies AI-tool access during assessments; the separate acceptable-use policy and current handbook did not add a broader AI rule in the bounded review.

The source

JCBAAA—Scholar Use of Electronic Devices

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