Leon County School Board Meeting Briefs: May 27, 2025

Provided below are the news briefs from May 27, 2025, Leon County School Board meeting.

Items Considered by the Board

Item 19.01: The Board voted 5-0 to table the item and to hold a workshop to address the new policy 7540.08 related to the appropriate use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). A workshop will be held on June 16. The proposed policy applies to all district employees and students as specified within. The Board designates the Superintendent as the administrator responsible for initiating, implementing, and enforcing this policy and its accompanying procedures as they apply to employee and student use of District AI tools.

Item 19.02: The Board voted 5-0 to table item and to hold a workshop to address the new policy 5505 related to Academic Honesty. A workshop will be held on June 16. The policy notes that violating academic honesty erodes the trust between teachers and students as well as compromises the academic standing of other students. So that students are judged solely on their own merits, the Board prohibits any student from presenting someone else’s work as their own, using artificial intelligence platforms in place of one’s own work, providing unauthorized assistance to another student, and cheating in all its forms.

Item 19.03: The Board voted 5-0  to advertise an amendment to Policy 1600 Classification Specifications for a public hearing and adoption on July 8, 2025. The Superintendent recommends the creation of two new positions and job descriptions for Project Manager, Extended Day Programs in EDEP.  These positions will be Exempt positions for 12 months.   The fiscal impact is the baseline salary of $50,000 plus 22% for benefits for a total of $61,000 for each position.  The total fiscal impact including benefits is $122,000.

Item 19.04: The Board voted 5-0 to approve the LCS 6-12 Science Instructional Materials Committee’s Recommendation. The LCS Secondary Science Review Committee commenced meetings for instructional materials recommendation in February 2025 and concluded the process in March 2025. The adoption committee meetings were publicly noticed in advance and held on February 3, 2025, and February 4, 2025. The public hearing was held on May 13, 2025.

Item 19.05: The Board voted 5-0 to award a purchase order ($443,469) to Jenkins Roofing, Inc, for the Godby High School, Building 400, Re-Roof Project (Invitation to Bid 2452-2026).

Item 19.06: The Board voted 5-0 to approve  the written request by the governing board of Renaissance Charter School Inc., to close Renaissance Academy at the end of the 2024-2025 school year pursuant to Section 1002.33 (7)(e), F.S., and also recommends termination of the Charter between the School Board of Leon County and Renaissance Charter School, Inc. effective June 30, 2025.

Item 19.07: The Board voted 5-0 to approver out-of-county travel for School Board Members’ travel to the Florida School Board Association (FSBA), Florida Association of District School Superintendents (FADSS) Annual Summer Conference to be held in Tampa, Florida, on June 11 – 13, 2025. Board policy requires that all out-of-county travel be approved in advance by the school board.