AI policy for BSSS schools

• Unattributed or disallowed use of AI in assessment is a breach of academic integrity, and is subject to penalties.
• Teachers give clear written advice on what use of AI is acceptable in each assessment, and students follow the task instructions.
• Unless the task sheet allows it, students must not use AI to structure work in a way that removes the need to understand the skills being assessed, or to refine or replace their wording.
• Colleges require a statement from the student, on each item completed outside class time, that the work is their own.
• A suspected case is investigated by the college with natural justice, and the student can give evidence of authorship. Penalties range from a reprimand to cancelling all Year 11 and 12 results, and the student can appeal.
• Teachers should not rely solely on AI detectors.

• Teachers use AI under a human-in-the-loop model, checking and verifying every output before use.
• Staff don't enter sensitive or personally identifiable information, and use AI only for low- and medium-risk tasks.
• Only tools that pass the Directorate's and whole-of-government privacy, security and safety assessments are endorsed.
• Student access to AI tools is expanding gradually, through a risk-based, supervised rollout during 2026.

Catholic and independent schools set their own requirements, and the template marks this clause for them to replace.

Whether AI is allowed depends on the task, so every task sheet states one of four levels. Where no level is stated, no AI use is permitted.

Level 0

No AI use

AI tools must not be used at any stage. Typical for in-class writing, tests, exams and handwritten work.

Level 1

AI for ideas and feedback

AI may be used to generate ideas, explain concepts, ask questions or give feedback. All submitted work is the student's own.

Level 2

AI-assisted drafting and editing

AI may be used for the parts of the task the teacher specifies, such as planning or editing. The student revises any AI output and acknowledges how it was used.

Level 3

AI integrated into the task

Using AI is a required part of the task, and how the student uses and evaluates it is assessed.

• Rationale, purpose, scope and definitions
• Student use of AI, with an AI level for every task
• Staff use of AI
• Assessment and academic integrity, including how suspected misuse is handled
• Privacy, data security and a register of approved tools
• Wellbeing and safety, including deepfakes
• Roles and responsibilities, breaches, related policies and review
• Appendices: the AI Use Scale, a student declaration of AI use, and the tools register

1. Complete the fields in square brackets and your system's requirements.
2. Ask a few teachers to set an AI level on their next task, and fix what was unclear.
3. Talk to students before you publish.
4. Send families a short summary of the AI levels.
5. Train staff, and review the policy after one term.