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  Speaker 1: Illinois Valley schools setting AI boundaries. Written by Matthias Werner.
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  Speaker 1: This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  Speaker 1: to you by Everlet. As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly accessible,
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  Speaker 1: Illinois Valley schools are figuring out how to establish rules
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  Speaker 1: for a technology that can act as both a classroom
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  Speaker 1: tool and an academic shortcut. Policies are in place or
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  Speaker 1: in the works to help curb the use of artificial
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  Speaker 1: intelligence for cheating purposes. At the high school level. Ottawa
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  Speaker 1: Township High School has a policy that allows students to
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  Speaker 1: use artificial intelligence under very strict conditions. In certain situations,
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  Speaker 1: AI may be used as a learning tool or a
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  Speaker 1: study aid. The twenty twenty six to twenty seven OSS
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  Speaker 1: Parent Student Handbook reads students who wish to use AI
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  Speaker 1: for legitimate educational purposes must have permission from a teacher
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  Speaker 1: or an administrator. Superintendent Michael Cushing said that the policy
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  Speaker 1: in place could be flexible given the ever evolving nature
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  Speaker 1: of artificial intelligence. This is just evolving so quickly, so
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  Speaker 1: we're just trying to keep up with it. Cushing said,
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  Speaker 1: our Teaching and Learning committee put together that baseline information
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  Speaker 1: and we're going to continue to look at it as
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  Speaker 1: we go on. Outside of these parameters, the Ottawa Township
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  Speaker 1: High School policy on artificial Intelligence, developed by its Teaching
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  Speaker 1: and Learning Committee, does not permit its use. I is
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  Speaker 1: not a substitute for schoolwork that requires original thought. Students
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  Speaker 1: may not claim AI generated content as their own work.
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  Speaker 1: The handbook continues. The use of AI to take tests,
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  Speaker 1: complete assignments, create multimedia projects, write papers, or complete schoolwork
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  Speaker 1: without permission of a teacher or administrator is strictly prohibited.
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  Speaker 1: The policy is favorable with OTHS sophomore Michael Pulitch, who
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  Speaker 1: said he doesn't use artificial intelligence for school, but for
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  Speaker 1: other purposes. I like the policy the way it is,
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  Speaker 1: Polock said, it doesn't really have an impact on me,
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  Speaker 1: but I think that's the best way for the school
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  Speaker 1: to do it. Students at LaSalle Peru Township High School
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  Speaker 1: do not have to encounter a specific artificial intelligence policy
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  Speaker 1: as of yet. The policy artificial intelligence is covered by
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  Speaker 1: currently is the district's broader cheating policy. First year Superintendent
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  Speaker 1: Clay Theisinger said that one of his primary goals during
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  Speaker 1: the first half of the school year is to develop
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  Speaker 1: the district's official policy revitalizing the AI committee begun last
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  Speaker 1: school year. I talked to the administrative team about breathing
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  Speaker 1: life into that again to make sure we're staying ahead
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  Speaker 1: of the technology, even though you're always behind to some degree.
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  Speaker 1: Thiisinger said, we're going to make our best effort to
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  Speaker 1: stay ahead of it and make sure we're appropriately addressing
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  Speaker 1: AI in terms of how students and staff could and
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  Speaker 1: should be using it. Last year's interims, Superintendent Ingrid Cushing
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  Speaker 1: said she anticipated the policy to be enacted during the
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  Speaker 1: fall semester. At Illinois Valley Community College, the story is
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  Speaker 1: similar to that of LP. The college has been studying,
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  Speaker 1: working on, and developing a policy for artificial intelligence for months,
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  Speaker 1: although no official policy is in place. The issues of
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  Speaker 1: artificial intelligence are not as pronounced below the high school level.
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  Speaker 1: Superintendent of Lasal Elementary District one hundred and twenty two,
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  Speaker 1: Brian de Bernardi, said that the educational material and control
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  Speaker 1: of digital options for students in eighth grade and below
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  Speaker 1: largely negates students need or use for artificial intelligence. The
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  Speaker 1: vast majority of our curriculum emphasizes foundational skills, independent student thinking,
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  Speaker 1: and core skill development that naturally minimize the need for AI.
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  Speaker 1: Da Bernardi said staff have the discretion to allow its
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  Speaker 1: use in specific, age appropriate contexts for explicit instructional goals.
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  Speaker 1: When permitted, students are required to cite tool US SAGE
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  Speaker 1: transparently