Jefferson County Public Schools
A Nov. 10 board presentation outlines a districtwide racial-equity approach requiring each school to set Opportunity and Access goals in its improvement plan.
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Menifee County School District
The Board approved the 2026-27 bell schedule for Menifee Central School and Menifee County High School.
Eminence Independent School District
Students may possess unpowered personal devices during the instructional day; use is limited to before or after school, middle/high lunch, or a teacher-approved instructional purpose.
The board changed Policy 01.1 to add a student representative to the board. The first reading was on July 28, 2026 and the final approval on August 18, 2026. Children of board members and staff are allowed to run for the student seat.
Eminence Independent School District
The code treats presenting outside work as one’s own, including AI, Grammarly, or ChatGPT, as academic dishonesty; consequences vary by grade band and repeat offense.
Greenup County School District
The Board approved 2026-27 student handbooks for Argillite Elementary, Greysbranch Elementary, McKell Elementary, McKell Middle, Greenup County School of Innovation, and Greenup County High School, along with the district behavior and discipline code.
Corbin Independent School District
Policy requires district procedures for safe, secure, responsible AI and generative-AI use, including privacy, ethics, and academic-integrity safeguards.
Jefferson County Public Schools
Policy 09.4261 requires school-based rules that prohibit student personal telecommunications-device use throughout the school day, subject to specified emergency and administrative-procedure exceptions.
Jefferson County Public Schools
Current Policy 08.2323 places generative AI within the district's electronic-media access rules and requires compliant, authorized use of district technology and networks.
Rockcastle County School District
Policy 08.2323 directs the district to maintain procedures for emerging technologies, including AI, that address safety, data privacy, ethics and appropriate uses compared with cheating or plagiarism.
On August 10, the board approved first reading of policy 03.1233, with an effective date of August 12, 2026. A prior July discussion described a proposed 30-day paid maternity leave that would not draw from sick leave.
Policy 08.2323 requires regularly updated procedures governing AI and generative AI, including student safety, data privacy, ethical practices and appropriate versus inappropriate use.
Jackson Independent School District
Policy 08.2323 requires procedures for safe, secure and responsible AI use, including student safety, data privacy, ethics and the distinction between inspiration and cheating.
The July 28 agenda proposes final approval of the district's 2026-27 discipline code, employee handbooks, and coaches handbook.
Johnson County School District
Current electronic-media policy requires district procedures for emerging technologies, including generative artificial intelligence.
Policy 08.2323 requires procedures for safe, secure and responsible AI and generative-AI use, including student safety, data privacy, ethics and inspiration-versus-cheating distinctions.
Berea Independent School District
Policy 08.2323, amended July 27, 2026 under Order V.B., requires maintained procedures for safe and responsible AI use, privacy and ethical safeguards, regular review, and guidance distinguishing inspiration from cheating or plagiarism. It also governs traceable communications. It does not establish deployment of a particular AI product.
Frankfort Independent’s current electronic-media policy requires district procedures for safe, secure and responsible use of AI and generative-AI features.
The board adopted 2026-27 student handbooks for every named school, the district discipline code, annual policy updates, and a trauma-informed care plan.
The current electronic-media policy requires procedures for safe, secure and responsible uses of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
The current electronic-media policy requires procedures for safe, secure and responsible uses of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
Policy 08.2323 requires district procedures addressing appropriate and inappropriate uses of AI and other emerging technologies, including safety, privacy, ethics, inspiration, cheating and plagiarism.
Paris Independent School District
The July 23 agenda says the board plans to consider a district-sponsored child care program run through the YMCA.
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