Manassas City Public Schools just voted 6-1 to leave the door wide open for students to use ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and every other generative AI tool to complete their homework and turn it in as their own. No explicit ban. No clear language in the Student Code of Conduct. Teachers are left guessing what they can actually enforce.

On Tuesday night the Manassas City School Board rejected language that would have treated unauthorized use of generative AI the same as traditional plagiarism. Sara Brescia was the only member who fought to include it. The rest of the board, including Diana Brown (who also serves on the Northern Virginia Community College board), sided with concerns about expensive detection software, imperfect tools, and practical enforcement headaches.

Dr. Kevin Newman told the board the division had already tested detectio ...