Instructional Technology / AI Guidance

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.

Levels of Generative AI Use by Students
Academic Integrity Statement

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

The ��Ƶɫ��Ƭstatements on Academic Integrity and Academic Dishonesty are included in the district Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook which is reviewed and agreed to by parents and students at the beginning of each school year. Communication of this information is also reinforced through campus handbooks and course syllabi.

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