School Policy
What is an AI acceptable use policy for students?
An AI acceptable use policy (AUP) tells students what they may and may not do with approved AI tools at school. It is usually shorter and more student-facing than a full board-level AI policy, and it should sit under that broader policy.
Think of the full AI policy as the school’s rulebook for adults and systems. The student AI acceptable use policy is the classroom-facing version: which tools are approved, when AI is allowed on homework, how to disclose use, what never to paste into a chat, and what happens if rules are broken.
Keep it short enough that a middle or high school student can understand it in one sitting. Point to age-appropriate norms for elementary if younger students use AI with an adult present. Align the AUP with your academic-integrity rules so teachers are not inventing different standards per period.
An AUP only works if the tools students actually open can support it — for example, supervised student AI with advisor visibility and tool controls, not an unsupervised consumer account. Write the rules, then pick products that make those rules enforceable.
Draft language lives in the school AI use policy template; the AI policy guide explains how AUP, guidelines, and the full policy fit together.