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7540.0= 3 -=20 STUDENT NETWORK AND INTERNET ACCEPTABLE USE AND = SAFETY

Advances in telecommunications and other related technologies have=20 fundamentally altered the ways in which information is accessed, = communicated,=20 and transferred in our society. Such changes are driving the need for = educators=20 to adapt their means and methods of instruction, and the way they = approach=20 student learning, to harness and utilize the vast, diverse, and unique = resources=20 available on the Internet. The Board of Education is pleased to provide = Internet=20 services to its students. The District=92s Internet system has a limited = educational purpose. The District=92s Internet system has not been = established as=20 a public access service or a public forum. The Board has the right to = place=20 restrictions on its use to assure that use of the District=92s Internet = system is=20 in accord with its limited educational purpose. Student use of the = District=92s=20 computers, network and Internet services ("Network") will be governed by = this=20 policy and the related administrative guidelines, and the Student Code = of=20 Conduct. The due process rights of all users will be respected in the = event=20 there is a suspicion of inappropriate use of the Network. Users have a = limited=20 privacy expectation in the content of their personal files and records = of their=20 online activity while on the Network.

The Board encourages students to utilize the Internet in order to = promote=20 educational excellence in our schools by providing them with the = opportunity to=20 develop the resource sharing, innovation, and communication skills and = tools=20 that are essential to both life and work. The instructional use of the = Internet=20 will be guided by the Board's policy on instructional materials.

The Internet is a global information and communication network that = provides=20 an incredible opportunity to bring previously unimaginable education and = information resources to our students. The Internet connects computers = and users=20 in the District with computers and users worldwide. Through the = Internet,=20 students and staff can access up-to-date, highly relevant information = that will=20 enhance their learning and the education process. Further, the Internet = provides=20 students and staff with the opportunity to communicate with other people = from=20 throughout the world. Access to such an incredible quantity of = information and=20 resources brings with it, however, certain unique challenges.

First, and foremost, the Board may not be able to technologically = limit=20 access to services through the Board's Internet connection to only those = that=20 have been authorized for the purpose of instruction, study and research = related=20 to the curriculum. Unlike in the past when educators and community = members had=20 the opportunity to review and screen materials to assess their = appropriateness=20 for supporting and enriching the curriculum according to adopted = guidelines and=20 reasonable selection criteria (taking into account the varied = instructional=20 needs, learning styles, abilities, and developmental levels of the = students who=20 would be exposed to them), access to the Internet, because it serves as = a=20 gateway to any publicly available file server in the world, will open = classrooms=20 and students to electronic information resources which have not been = screened by=20 educators for use by students of various ages.

The Board has implemented the use of a Technology Protection Measure, = which=20 is a specific technology that will protect against (e.g., filter or = block)=20 access to visual displays/depictions that are obscene, child = pornography, and=20 materials that are harmful to minors, as defined by the Children=92s = Internet=20 Protection Act. At the discretion of the Board or the Superintendent, = the=20 Technology Protection Measure may be configured to protect against = access to=20 other material considered inappropriate for students to access. The = Technology=20 Protection Measure may not be disabled at any time that students may be = using=20 the Network, if such disabling will cease to protect against access to = materials=20 that are prohibited under the Children=92s Internet Protection Act. The=20 Superintendent may temporarily or permanently unblock access to sites = containing=20 appropriate material, if access to such sites has been inappropriately = blocked=20 by the Technology Protection Measure. The determination of whether = material is=20 appropriate or inappropriate shall be based on the content of the = material and=20 the intended use of the material, not on the protection actions of the=20 Technology Protection Measure.

The Board utilizes software and/or hardware to monitor online = activity of=20 students to restrict access to child pornography and other material that = is=20 obscene, objectionable, inappropriate and/or harmful to minors. = Nevertheless,=20 parents/guardians are advised that a determined user may be able to gain = access=20 to services on the Internet that the Board has not authorized for = educational=20 purposes. In fact, it is impossible to guarantee students will not gain = access=20 through the Internet to information and communications that they and/or = their=20 parents/guardians may find inappropriate, offensive, objectionable or=20 controversial. Parents/Guardians assume risks by consenting to allow = their child=20 to participate in the use of the Internet. Parents/Guardians of minors = are=20 responsible for setting and conveying the standards that their children = should=20 follow when using the Internet. The Board supports and respects each = family's=20 right to decide whether to apply for independent student access to the=20 Internet.

The Superintendent is directed to prepare guidelines which that = students'=20 safety and security while using e-mail, chat rooms, instant messaging, = and other=20 forms of direct electronic communications, and prohibit disclosure of = personal=20 identification information of minors and unauthorized access (e.g., = "hacking")=20 and other unlawful activities by minors online.

Building principals are responsible for providing training so that = Internet=20 users under their supervision are knowledgeable about this policy and = its=20 accompanying guidelines. The Board expects that staff members will = provide=20 guidance and instruction to students in the appropriate use of the = Internet. All=20 Internet users (and their parents if they are minors) are required to = sign a=20 written agreement to abide by the terms and conditions of this policy = and its=20 accompanying guidelines.

Students and staff members are responsible for good behavior on the = Board's=20 computers/network and the Internet just as they are in classrooms, = school=20 hallways, and other school premises and school sponsored events. = Communications=20 on the Internet are often public in nature. General school rules for = behavior=20 and communication apply. The Board does not sanction any use of the = Internet=20 that is not authorized by or conducted strictly in compliance with this = policy=20 and its accompanying guidelines. Users who disregard this policy and its = accompanying guidelines may have their use privileges suspended or = revoked, and=20 disciplinary action taken against them. Users granted access to the = Internet=20 through the Board's computers assume personal responsibility and = liability, both=20 civil and criminal, for uses of the Internet not authorized by this = Board policy=20 and its accompanying guidelines.

The Board designates the Superintendent and Technology Coordinator as = the=20 administrators responsible for initiating, implementing, and enforcing = this=20 policy and its accompanying guidelines as they apply to students' use of = the=20 Network.

H.R. 4577, P.L. 106-554, Children's Internet&= nbsp;Protection Act of 2000
47 U.S.C. 254(h),=  (1), Communications Act of 1934, as a= mended
20 U.S.C. 6801 et seq., Part F,&n= bsp;Elementary and Secondary Education Act of&nb= sp;1965,
as amended
18 U.S.C. 2256
18 U.S.C.=  1460
18 U.S.C. 2246

Revised 12/27/05

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