The association raised Proposal 56, a set of protections intended to limit the outsourcing of instructional work to artificial intelligence tools. The union said it and the district ‘‘highly value the benefits of human teachers and human connection in the classroom’’ and framed the proposal as ‘‘trust but codify.’’

District representatives said the issue is evolving, pointed to federal and state workgroups that are drafting AI policy and urged caution about adopting contract language prematurely. One district speaker noted recently passed state or national initiatives and a political context referred to as ‘‘Project 2025’’ and asked the union to consider aligning local language with forthcoming guidance.

Why it matters: negotiators said teachers do not want technology that replaces instructional responsibilities. The union sought a contractual guarantee that human teachers would not be supplanted and asked for language to be included in the contract; the district warned that premature local policy could conflict with state or federal guidance.

Next steps: the parties kept the item on the table for future sessions. District staff offered to research other public employers’ collective bargaining language and to share relevant examples for discussion.