Procedure No.

2022P

Adoption Date:

January 17, 1996

Reviewed:

July 14, 2000

 

INSTRUCTION ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (NETWORKS)

 

ACCEPTABLE USE GUIDELINES - STUDENT

 

Student Independent Use

  1. Students who have been instructed in the use of the Internet, who have returned an Internet Users Agreement signed by the student and his/her parent/guardian, and who have received Internet instruction may access the Internet. The student is to notify the supervising staff member that he/she will be accessing the Internet. The supervising staff member is to check to see that the student has permission to access the Internet.
  2. Students are prohibited from exploring areas or gathering information, pictures, sounds, or other files relating to pornography; nudity; manufacture of controlled or illegal devices, items or materials; or any other item which is controlled or restricted by District rule or policy. Students who are found in violation of this rule may lose all Internet access privileges for the remainder of their school enrollment. A student who accidentally enters a web site or informational area having the material prohibited above is to back out immediately and notify the supervising staff member. Failure to do so can cause loss of Internet privileges.
  3. Students are not to use the Internet to join chat rooms (IRC), use list-serves (mail lists), play network games, or use streaming sound (such as radio stations or other sound feeds) or video (watching movies or other broadcasts) unless it is part of a school assignment.
  4. Students making inappropriate use of the Internet or accessing inappropriate sites shall be brought to the attention of the principal. Students shall lose all privileges while the incident is being investigated.

 

Personal Safety

  1. I will not give out information such as my address, telephone number, parent's work address or telephone number, or the name and location of my school without my parent's permission.
  2. I will not give out any identifying information about another person.
  3. I will tell my teacher right away if I come across any information that makes me feel uncomfortable, or seems dangerous or inappropriate.
  4. I will never agree to get together with someone I meet by using the Internet without first checking with my parents.
  5. I will never send a person my picture or anything else without first checking with my parents and the teacher.

 

Illegal Activities

  1. Users may not do anything that will interfere with use of the system by other persons. Users shall not destroy, modify, damage, or abuse system hardware or software in any way.
  2. Anything a user does which harasses other users or attempts to gain unauthorized access to any computer or system or information is prohibited and may be prosecuted by law.

 

System Security

  1. System accounts are to be used only by the authorized owner of the account. Users may not share their account ID or password with another person or leave an open file or session unattended or unsupervised. Instructors may use their account for collection of news group or information for use of student projects under the instructor's supervision. Instructors who do so shall promptly remove collected information from the mail or server and print or store it on their classroom or individual drives or disks or individual file on the file server. Account owners are ultimately responsible for all activity under their account.
  2. Users shall not seek information on, obtain copies of, or modify files, other data, or passwords belonging to other users, or misrepresent other users on the system, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the system.
  3. Communications may not be encrypted so as to avoid security review. Exceptions are for employees who are transmitting confidential student or personnel records to another authorized agency, and for necessary transmission of secure data for school financial purposes.
  4. Users should change passwords regularly and avoid easily guessed passwords.
  5. Users shall use care in downloading software or installing applets, scripts, and plug-ins. In some cases poorly designed installers replace newer system parts with older ones, and damage operations. Others can open the door to outside invasion. If in doubt, check with the network administrator before installing any program that affects Internet, network, file, or drive activity.

 

Inappropriate Activities

  1. The network system is licensed only for educational and research uses. Students are limited to use for classroom activities, career development, and limited high-quality self discovery activities. The district may limit other uses. The district may also limit when the system can be used for other uses.
  2. The system is provided by public support. It may not be used to support or oppose political candidates or ballot measures.
  3. Any person using the system must follow laws and rules in other policies. Use of the system for commercial advertising is prohibited by the provider policy.
  4. Students and employees are not to use the Internet to make purchases of products or services. The District will not be responsible for financial obligations arising from the unauthorized use of the system.

 

Resource Limits

  1. Student use of chat rooms, list-serves (mail lists), playing network games, or use of commercial on-line services and other information services or of streaming sound (such as radio stations or other sound feeds) or video (watching movies or other broadcasts) are not allowed unless it is part of a school assignment.
  2. Student subscriptions to mailing lists, bulletin boards, chat groups and commercial on-line services and other information services must conform to acceptable use as defined by this procedure and further rules and guidelines established by the district superintendent. Subscriptions to services that charge fees must be preapproved under district fiscal procedures. Use of streaming sound or video is allowed only for educational purposes.
  3. Diligent effort must be made to conserve system resources. For example, users should frequently delete e-mail and unused files. Long down-loads of large files should be limited.

 

Copyright

  1. Users may not illegally install, use, or distribute copyrighted software or materials on district computers, with or without the use of the network.
  2. Material posted on the Internet through the district's system is not protected for individual copyright. Staff work is usually a work for hire with the copyright belonging to the district, but all users must waive their copyright interest in their materials posted on-line through the district's system.

 

Inappropriate Access or Provision of Material

1.

Students are to follow the rules below:

  1. You will not use the system to access or provide material that: is profane or obscene (pornography) or contains nudity over PG; advocates illegal acts or violence; advocates discrimination toward other people (hate literature); provides information for construction, manufacture, or use of dangerous or illegal weapons, drugs, or other illegal materials or items; provides information on illegal access to computer systems or any other techniques or procedures for illegal activity.
  2. A special exception may be made if the purpose of the access is to conduct research with both teacher and parental approval.
  3. If you mistakenly access inappropriate information, back out immediately. Then tell the supervising staff member. This will protect you from being charged with illegally accessing an inappropriate area.
  4. Your parents should instruct you if there is additional material they think would be inappropriate for you to access. The district expects that you will follow your parent's instructions.

2.

Use of the system to access, store, or distribute obscene or pornographic material is prohibited.

3.

Students are responsible for the appropriateness and content of material they transmit or publish on the system. Hate mail, harassment, discriminatory remarks, or other antisocial behaviors are expressly prohibited.

Rights and Limitations

  1. The Internet shall not be used for non-school related uses during school hours.
  2. A signed Individual User Access Agreement Form must be on file with the district before a user will be allowed access to any services outside the district (the Internet, on-line services, etc.). Students must have the approval of a parent or guardian and the Individual User Access Agreement Form must be co-signed by the parent or guardian. Persons with access are subject to revision or modification of these guidelines.
  3. Nothing in these regulations is intended to preclude the supervised use of the system by a student while under the direction of a teacher or other approved user acting in conformity with district policy and procedure.
  4. Violation of any of the conditions of use may be cause for disciplinary action or prosecution by law.
  5. For security and administrative purposes, the district reserves the right for authorized personnel to review system use and file content.
  6. The District reserves the right to remove a user account or user access on the system to prevent further unauthorized activity.

 

Review and Variations

From time-to-time, the District will make a determination as to whether specific uses of the system are consistent with the regulations stated above, and whether regulations are consistent with educational needs. Under controlled circumstances administrative, staff, or faculty use activity may be permitted outside the perimeters of these guidelines, provided that such activity furthers the purpose and goals of the district.

 

ACCEPTABLE USE GUIDELINES - EMPLOYEE

 

Student Independent Use

  1. Students who have been instructed in the use of the Internet, who have returned an Internet Users Agreement signed by the student and his/her parent/guardian, and who have received Internet instruction may access the Internet. The student is to notify the supervising staff member that he/she will be accessing the Internet. The supervising staff member is to check to see that the student has permission to access the Internet.
  2. Students are prohibited from exploring areas or gathering information, pictures, sounds, or other files relating to pornography; nudity; manufacture of controlled or illegal devices, items or materials; or any other item which is controlled or restricted by District rule or policy. Students who are found in violation of this rule may lose all Internet access privileges for the remainder of their school enrollment. A student who accidentally enters a web site or informational area having the material prohibited above is to back out immediately and notify the supervising staff member. Failure to do so can cause loss of Internet privileges.
  3. Students are not to use the Internet to join chat rooms (IRC), use list-serves (mail lists), play network games, or use streaming sound (such as radio stations or other sound feeds) or video (watching movies or other broadcasts) unless it is part of a school assignment.
  4. Students making inappropriate use of the Internet or accessing inappropriate sites shall be brought to the attention of the principal. Students shall lose all privileges while the incident is being investigated.

 

Personal Safety

Employees are to support student compliance with the following rules for on-line safety:

  1. I will not give out information such as my address, telephone number, parent's work address or telephone number, or the name and location of my school without my parent's permission.
  2. I will not give out any identifying information about another person.
  3. I will tell my teacher right away if I come across any information that makes me feel uncomfortable, or seems dangerous or inappropriate.
  4. I will never agree to get together with someone I meet by using the Internet without first checking with my parents.
  5. I will never send a person my picture or anything else without first checking with my parents and the teacher.

Employees also are to follow the rules above with regard to sharing student information with other users. Care must be taken in providing information to other persons or groups involved in various educational information sharing activities. Federal and State educational privacy rights laws along with District policy regulate what student information can be shared with other schools or organizations.

 

Illegal Activities

  1. Users may not do anything that will interfere with use of the system by other persons. Users shall not destroy, modify, damage, or abuse system hardware or software in any way.
  2. Anything a user does which harasses other users or attempts to gain unauthorized access to any computer or system or information is prohibited and may be prosecuted by law.

 

System Security

  1. System accounts are to be used only by the authorized owner of the account. Users may not share their account ID or password with another person or leave an open file or session unattended or unsupervised. Instructors may use their account for collection of news group or information for use of student projects under the instructor's supervision. Instructors who do so shall promptly remove collected information from the mail or server and print or store it on their classroom or individual drives or disks or individual file on the file server. Account owners are ultimately responsible for all activity under their account.
  2. Users shall not seek information on, obtain copies of, or modify files, other data, or passwords belonging to other users, or misrepresent other users on the system, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the system.
  3. Communications may not be encrypted so as to avoid security review. Exceptions are for employees who are transmitting confidential student or personnel records to another authorized agency, and for necessary transmission of secure data for school financial purposes.
  4. Users should change passwords regularly and avoid easily guessed passwords.
  5. Users shall use care in downloading software or installing applets, scripts, and plug-ins. In some cases poorly designed installers replace newer system parts with older ones, and damage operations. Others can open the door to outside invasion. If in doubt, check with the network administrator before installing any program that affects Internet, network, file, or drive activity.

 

Inappropriate Activities

  1. The network system is licensed only for educational and research uses. Students are limited to use for classroom activities, career development, and limited high-quality self discovery activities. The district may limit other uses. The district may also limit when the system can be used for other uses.
  2. The system is provided by public support. It may not be used to support or oppose political candidates or ballot measures.
  3. Any person using the system must follow laws and rules in other policies. Use of the system for commercial advertising is prohibited by the provider policy.
  4. Students and employees are not to use the Internet to make purchases of products or services. The District will not be responsible for financial obligations arising from the unauthorized use of the system.

 

Resource Limits

  1. Student use of chat rooms, list-serves (mail lists), playing network games, or use of commercial on-line services and other information services or of streaming sound (such as radio stations or other sound feeds) or video (watching movies or other broadcasts) are not allowed unless it is part of a school assignment.
  2. Employee subscriptions to mailing lists, bulletin boards, chat groups and commercial on-line services and other information services must conform to acceptable use as defined by this procedure and further rules and guidelines established by the district superintendent. Subscriptions to services that charge fees must be preapproved under district fiscal procedures. Use of streaming sound or video is allowed only for educational purposes.
  3. Diligent effort must be made to conserve system resources. For example, users should frequently delete e-mail and unused files. Long down-loads of large files should be limited.

 

Copyright

  1. Users may not illegally install, use, or distribute copyrighted software or materials on district computers, with or without the use of the network.
  2. Material posted on the Internet through the district's system is not protected for individual copyright. Staff work is usually a work for hire with the copyright belonging to the district, but all users must waive their copyright interest in their materials posted on-line through the district's system.

 

Inappropriate Access or Provision of Material

1.

Students are to follow the rules below:

  1. You will not use the system to access or provide material that: is profane or obscene (pornography) or contains nudity over PG; advocates illegal acts or violence; advocates discrimination toward other people (hate literature); provides information for construction, manufacture, or use of dangerous or illegal weapons, drugs, or other illegal materials or items; provides information on illegal access to computer systems or any other techniques or procedures for illegal activity.
  2. A special exception may be made if the purpose of the access is to conduct research with both teacher and parental approval.
  3. If you mistakenly access inappropriate information, back out immediately. Then tell the supervising staff member. This will protect you from being charged with illegally accessing an inappropriate area.
  4. Your parents should instruct you if there is additional material they think would be inappropriate for you to access. The district expects that you will follow your parent's instructions.

2.

Use of the system by employees to access, store, or distribute obscene or pornographic material is prohibited.

3.

Employees are responsible for the appropriateness and content of material they transmit or publish on the system. Hate mail, harassment, discriminatory remarks, or other antisocial behaviors are expressly prohibited.

Rights and Limitations

  1. The Internet shall not be used for non-school related uses during school hours.
  2. A signed Individual User Access Agreement Form must be on file with the district before a user will be allowed access to any services outside the district (the Internet, on-line services, etc.). Students must have the approval of a parent or guardian and the Individual User Access Agreement Form must be co-signed by the parent or guardian. Persons with access are subject to revision or modification of these guidelines.
  3. Nothing in these regulations is intended to preclude the supervised use of the system by a student while under the direction of a teacher or other approved user acting in conformity with district policy and procedure.
  4. Violation of any of the conditions of use may be cause for disciplinary action or prosecution by law.
  5. For security and administrative purposes, the district reserves the right for authorized personnel to review system use and file content.
  6. The District reserves the right to remove a user account or user access on the system to prevent further unauthorized activity.

 

Review and Variations

From time-to-time, the District will make a determination as to whether specific uses of the system are consistent with the regulations stated above, and whether regulations are consistent with educational needs. Under controlled circumstances administrative, staff, or faculty use activity may be permitted outside the perimeters of these guidelines, provided that such activity furthers the purpose and goals of the district.