The Danville School District 118 Board of Education approved an update to district policy adding guidance on artificial intelligence, including a requirement that the district adopt an AI plan and integrate it into existing acceptable-use agreements. The vote was 6-0.

A staff member who presented the item said the policy change adds AI to existing Press (IASB) policy references and that the district will follow up by drafting detailed administrative procedures. “We need to adopt a plan. We need to have an acceptable use policy, which we already have,” the presenter said, adding administrators have convened a committee and engaged an outside expert to help craft the procedures.

Nut graf: The board’s action adds AI-specific language to the district’s policy framework; it does not itself define all permitted or prohibited classroom uses. Presenters said existing academic-integrity and cheating policies will be used as the baseline and that the administrative procedures will define specifics such as permitted instructional use, staff safety, and parent notification.

Board members pressed on how parents and staff will be notified. Presenters said the district’s existing acceptable-use and registration processes reference board policies and that parents sign those forms at registration; the district will incorporate AI procedures into those materials before the school year starts.

Ending: The district will develop administrative procedures, training and parent-facing materials this summer and fall; presenters suggested the Illinois Association of School Boards and state conferences could offer professional development on related legal and equity topics.