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ELECTRONIC DEVICE USAGE 

¡ñ Students will keep their Chromebooks in their backpacks or charging on a counter,
unless they are instructed to take it out for a class activity.

¡ñ Chromebooks will be the primary method for technology access. If a student forgets
the Chromebook, there are no devices available to check out.

¡ñ Students should bring both their Chromebook and charger to school with them.

¡ñ Students should have their name on their device and their charger (using painters
tape)

¡ñ All phones must be silenced and placed in the student’s backpack gate to gate.

¡ñ Students should not be playing games, watching videos unrelated to content), etc.
during class.

 

 

“In the Deer Valley Unified School District, we are committed to providing our students with the best possible
education while ensuring their safety, privacy, and well-being. As part of our ongoing efforts to enhance learning
experiences, teachers may incorporate generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the classroom for students. Students
must adhere to the specific guidelines provided in the assignment details. If no guidance around the use of generative
AI is provided, students should follow the “restrictive” level (see chart). Teachers should direct students to contact their
teacher before submitting classwork if the student is unsure if the tool or website they are using is permitted on a specific assignment."

 

 

“To be college-, career-, and community-ready, students in the Deer Valley Unified School District are expected to
demonstrate academic integrity. Academic integrity is all about being honest and fair in your schoolwork. It means
doing work that is entirely your own and giving credit to others (including generative Artificial Intelligence tools) through
proper citation when you use their ideas or words. If you have questions about the guidelines for academic integrity,
you should discuss them with your teacher.”

Academic dishonesty refers to any action that compromises the integrity of academic work or evaluation processes.
This includes but is not limited to:
¡ñ Copying or stealing another person’s work or data (plagiarism);
¡ñ Allowing another person to copy one’s work;
¡ñ Doing another person’s classwork;
¡ñ Creating more than one copy of one’s work for distribution;
¡ñ Providing another person with the answers on tests or quizzes;
¡ñ Noncompliance with teachers’ test-taking procedures;
¡ñ Unauthorized copying or development of software; and
¡ñ Unauthorized use of generative Artificial Intelligence.

Consequences for instances of academic dishonesty range from a conference and loss of credit (student will be given
another opportunity to show mastery of learning) up to a 5-day suspension and loss of credit.

 

Academic integrity is a cornerstone of learning. Students must present their own work in order for teachers to
accurately assess learning and provide appropriate feedback.

Any type of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated in ºÃÉ«µ¼º½and any student who engages in cheating or
plagiarism will be disciplined for those behaviors. It is important that the penalty imposed is not reflected in the
student’s academic grade. Incorporating a behavior penalty into a student’s academic grade, such as issuing a loss
of credit, causes the overall grade to no longer represent what the student knows or has learned and, in essence, has
become meaningless.

If a student engages in academic dishonesty, they will initially receive a “0” or "F" for that assignment/assessment
and a comment be made describing the situation. The teacher will provide an opportunity for the student to
demonstrate his/her level of proficiency of the same standards which may replace the 0 or original failing grade. This
way, the grade reflected in the grade book will represent the proficiency level of the student. If the student chooses not
to take advantage of the opportunity to do the make-up assignment/assessment, then the "0" or "F" will remain.
The student will also be assigned a discipline consequence for the cheating or plagiarism behavior they engaged in.
Parents need to be contacted and the student will be held accountable through the school’s disciplinary policy. Each
school will have these behaviors addressed in their discipline matrix. Depending upon the developmental age of the
student and the severity of the offense, discipline consequences could take the form of a letter of apology or other
restorative measure, loss of privileges, after school detention, or suspension.

 

K-8 ºÃÉ«µ¼º½Statement on AI Usage

“After careful consideration and in alignment with the developmental needs of our students and the Children’s
Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), ºÃÉ«µ¼º½has determined that the use of Large Language Models (LLMs),
such as ChatGPT, is not suitable for students in grades K-8 (under 13 years of age) and will not be utilized or
endorsed in academic contexts.”
“To clarify, tools such as ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Grammarly will not be utilized in grades K-8.”

** All policies are ºÃÉ«µ¼º½policies.