STOP-GAP AI POLICY GUIDE Secondary and Post Secondary Edition

A Practical Guide to Building AI Policy from the Ground Up AI is already reshaping classrooms, assessments, and research—but most institutions are still waiting for guidance. This book offers a faster path. Designed for colleges, universities, and high schools, the Stop-Gap AI Policy Guide walks you through a practical, seven-meeting process that empowers faculty, department heads, or mid-level administrators to build clear, actionable AI policies. No legal team required. Instead of prescribing one-size-fits-all rules, this guide helps your team surface core values, identify local risks, and craft policies that actually work in practice. Whether you’re dealing with academic integrity concerns, course design, or student use of generative tools, this book helps you move from confusion to clarity. Use it to: Lead collaborative policy development in just a few lunch-hour meetings Align AI use with institutional values and classroom realities Create rules that support innovation without compromising ethics or credibility Perfect for schools that can’t afford to wait for top-down mandates.