After debate over a 60-day deadline, the School Committee adopted an order (amended to explicitly reference cybersecurity) asking the superintendent to present a district cybersecurity preparedness and continuity readiness assessment; members stressed urgency and the need to protect student data.

Trustees approved a package of policy updates after a KSB Law audit but tabled the new investment policy (3059) for further revision; the board spent substantial time on a new AI policy restricting staff use of non‑containerized AI and barring sole reliance on AI for grading or instruction.

Board members urged district action on artificial intelligence policy and literacy; CIO Maurice Dragon and an AI task force are preparing updates and staff said they will brief the board at a future strategic plan update.

Bixby Public Schools will utilize Khan Academy for middle school math and science starting next year.

Trustees unanimously adopted an updated Washoe County School District legislative platform and endorsed the Nevada Association of Superintendents’ 'Invest' priorities, emphasizing funding stability, SB460 refinements, read-by-three alignment, special education support, pre-K funding and student data protections.

Governance members exchanged competing views on a technology policy philosophy (succinct vs. detailed), clarified that county students are assigned devices on a 1-to-1 basis (primary grades rarely take them home), and agreed to create an advisory committee and finalize responsibilities at the May 19 governance meeting.

Senators reviewed SB 227, which would require district protocols to protect student data, restrict nonpublic‑area entry absent judicial warrant, and require civil‑rights training approved by the attorney general; committee members asked about overlap with S209 and potential unfunded mandates for schools.

A board legislative representative summarized recent Illinois measures: SB 2914 (notice-to-remedy and a binding-arbitration provision), a proposed amendment addressing FOIA/FOYA requests, and SB415/SB416 on restricting certain AI uses and biometric student data without district approval.

“As superintendent of Roanoke City Public Schools, I witnessed firsthand the devastating impact of delayed responses during a crisis,” Verletta White told the committee.

District staff and teachers described classroom uses of generative AI, emphasized student-data protections and monitoring, and scheduled a Google Gemini workshop March 16; second-reading policies on AI use are on the board agenda.