Electronic
networks, including the Internet, are a part of the District's instructional
program in order to promote educational excellence by facilitating resource
sharing, innovation, and communication. The Superintendent or
designee shall develop an implementation plan for this policy and appoint a
system administrator.
The
Curriculum
The
use of the District’s electronic networks shall (1) be consistent with the
curriculum adopted by the District as well as the varied instructional needs,
learning styles, abilities, and developmental levels of the students, and (2)
comply with the selection criteria for instructional materials and library-media
center materials. Staff members may, consistent with the Superintendent's
implementation plan, use the Internet throughout the curriculum.
The
District’s electronic network is part of the curriculum and is not a public
forum for general use.
Acceptable
Use
All
use of the District's electronic network must be (1) in support of education
and/or research, and be in furtherance of the School Board's stated goal, or (2)
for a legitimate school business purpose. Use is a privilege, not a right.
Students and staff members have no expectation of privacy in any material that
is stored, transmitted, or received via the District's electronic network or
District computers. General rules
for behavior and communications apply when using electronic networks.
The
District's Authorization for Electronic
Network Access contains the appropriate uses, ethics, and protocol. Electronic
communications and downloaded material, including files deleted from a user's
account but not erased, may be monitored or read by school officials.
Internet
Safety
Each
District computer with Internet access shall have a filtering device that blocks
entry to visual depictions that are (1) obscene, (2) pornographic, or (3)
harmful or inappropriate for students, as defined by the Children’s Internet
Protection Act and as determined by the Superintendent or designee. The
Superintendent or designee shall enforce the use of such filtering devices.
An administrator, supervisor, or other authorized person may disable the
filtering device for bona fide research or other lawful purpose, provided the
person receives prior permission from the Superintendent
or system administrator.
The
Superintendent or designee shall include measures in this policy’s
implementation plan to address the following:
1.
Limiting
student access to inappropriate matter as well as restricting access to harmful
materials;
2.
Student
safety and security when using electronic communications;
3.
Limiting
unauthorized access, including “hacking” and other unlawful activities; and
4.
Limiting
unauthorized disclosure, use, and dissemination of personal identification
information.
Authorization
for Electronic Network Access
Each staff member must sign the District's Authorization for Electronic Network Access as a condition for using
the District's electronic network.
Each
student and his or her parent(s)/guardian(s) must sign the Authorization
before being granted unsupervised use.
All
users of the District’s computers and means of Internet access shall maintain
the confidentiality of student records. Reasonable
measures to protect against unreasonable access shall be taken before
confidential student information is loaded onto the network.
The
failure of any student or staff member to follow the terms
of the Authorization for Electronic
Network Access, or this policy, will result in the loss of privileges,
disciplinary action, and/or appropriate legal action.
LEGAL
REF.: Children’s
Internet Protection Act, P.L. 106-554.
20
U.S.C § 6801 et seq.
47
U.S.C. § 254(h) and (l).
720
ILCS 135/0.01.
CROSS REF.:
5:100 (Staff Development Program), 5:170 (Copyright for Publication or
ADMIN
PROC.: 6:235-AP
(Administrative Procedure - Acceptable Use of Electronic Networks), 6:235-E2
(Exhibit - Authorization for Electronic Network Access)
CENTRAL A & M COMMUNITY UNIT DISTRICT 21
AUTHORIZATION FOR ELECTRONIC NETWORK ACCESS
Each student and his/her parent (s)/guardian(s) must
sign the Authorization before being granted
unsupervised Internet access. Please read this document carefully before signing
Central A & M Community Unit District is
committed to a continuous partnership of school, home,
and communities working together to acquire
state-of-the-art technology, the appropriate training of
staff and students, and integration of that
technology into the total school curriculum, thus
empowering students to access and utilize every
possible avenue to meet the challenges of life in the
21st century.
The mission of the Central A & M Communiity Unit
District 21’s use of the Internet is to promote
educational excellence in schools by assisting in
resource sharing, innovation, and communication
consistent with the educational objectives of the
District.
Rights and Responsibilities
Each Central A & M student and employee may make
use of all school technology resources in
order to aid personal and academic growth.
Users are expected to act in a responsible, ethical and
legal manner, following District 21’s Code of
Conduct and the laws of the
Terms and Conditions
1.
Acceptable Use – Access to District 21’s Internet must be for the
purpose of education or
research and be consistent with the
educational objectives of the District.
2.
Privileges – The use of District 21’s Internet is a privilege, not a
right, and inappropriate
use will result in a cancellation of those privileges.
Central A & M personnel responsible for
providing networking services
and school certificated employees have the right to make all
decisions regarding whether or not a student has violated applicable
rules and may deny,
revoke, or suspend student access at any time.
Such decisions are final.
3.
Unacceptable Use – A student is personally responsible for his or her
actions and activities
involving school computers, networks,
or the Internet. Some examples of
unacceptable uses
of school computers, network or
Internet are:
*Any illegal or unethical activity,
including violation of copyright laws
*Downloading
a file without authorization, regardless of whether the file is software or data
or whether it is copyrighted or devirused
*Wastefully using resources, such as file space, processor time, or
network time, including
any use that hinders, delays, or obstructs others in their use of
computers, networks, or the
Internet
*Gaining or attempting to gain unauthorized access to resources,
including but not limited to
computers, networks, databases, and files, or information contained
therein
*Invading the privacy of others
*Using or attempting to use another’s account or password or other
identification
*Posting material authored or created by another without his or her
consent
*Viewing, storing or printing profanities, obscenities or sexually
explicit material
*Use or attempted use while access privileges are suspended of revoked
*Failure to follow network security rules
*Attempted or actual use, possession, or creation of any computer virus
or other software or
physical or electronic
device intended to or capable of causing damage to any computer,
network, or file
*Computer and network vandalism is prohibited
*Destroying the data of another person
*Hate mail, harassment, threats, discriminatory remarks and other
antisocial behaviors.
*Use of the network for profit
*The use of electronic mail by students during the school day unless it
is part of a class
project
*Violating the Network Etiquette Rules as outlined
Network
Etiquette Rules
Students will be allowed to produce and use
electronic publication materials on the Internet.
Staff
monitor these materials for appropriate
content standards. These standards
include, but are not
limited to, the following:
*Be polite, do not be abusive in your messages to others.
*Use appropriate language. Do
not swear, use vulgarities or obscenities.
*Do not give out personal information about other students, staff members
or yourself. This
includes full name, home telephone numbers and addresses and information
regarding
location of any person at any specific time.
Do not reveal any financial information.
*Electronic mail (e-mail) is not guaranteed to be private.
Staff members who operate the
system have access to all mail. Messages
relating to or in support of violations of school
rules may result in disciplinary action, and those relating to illegal
activities may also be
reported to law enforcement authorities.
*Do not disrupt the use of the network, or interrupt the educational
process.
*All materials used in students work should be properly cited.
All existing school/District
Plagiarism rules apply to Internet research.
Consequences
for Inappropriate Use
Central A & M Community Unit District
reserves the right to maintain a record of students’
passwords, to review student files, and to
delete a user account from the network to prevent further
unauthorized activity.
Other disciplinary procedures may take place.
These may include, but are not
limited to:
*Requirement to relearn proper procedures before computers may be used.
*Loss of all computer privileges for a day, a week, a quarter, a semester
or all year.
*Reimbursement for costs incurred due to damage of equipment or
contamination of
Software.
*In-school suspension; and/or out-of-school suspension, expulsion, and/or
referral to legal
authorities.
No
Warranties
The District makes no warranties of any kind,
whether expressed or implied, regarding the use of
computers, the Central A & M network, the
Internet or the accuracy, correctness, completeness, or
reliability of any information, files or
software.
Guidelines
for Publishing Student Work or Pictures
Central A & M Community Unit District
21’s web site provides an outreach of information to our
students, parents and community.
It is an extension of our program and should reflect that.
Student
work
may be
considered for publication on District 21’s web site only as it relates to a
class project,
course, or other school-related activity.
These documents might include a personal homepage or
project, a story or poem, a graphic, a science
or research project, of individual and/or group
photograph from an activity or club.
Web-published documents may not include a child’s full name,
telephone number, street address, e-mail
address, box number or names of other family members.
All materials published should be
grammatically correct and free of spelling errors, punctuation
errors, other errors in mechanics and be
approved by a referring teacher. Documents
must conform
to school board policies and established
school guidelines. Student pictures
when posted on District
21’s web page may not always be identified.
In such instances, parent permission is not required.
If
identified, only the first name may be
included and parental permission is required by signing the
appropriate form below.
Following these guidelines will insure the students’ privacy and safety
as
well as reflect a positive school image.
CENTRAL A & M COMMUNITY UNIT DISTRICT 21
PERMISSION FORM
For
IDENTIFIED PUBLISHED STUDENT WORK/PICTURES
Student’s Name:
School:
In the event that my son/daughter’s work is
considered for publication on District 21’s web site and
in the event that his/her first name may be
included, I hereby give permission for District 21 to
publish such works or pictures.
I understand that no other information will be included (i.e.;
telephone number, street address, e-mail
address, box number or names of family members.)
I understand that I need only sign this form
once while my child is enrolled in Central A & M
Community Unit District 21.
I also understand that I may revoke this, by requesting to do so in
writing, at any time.
Signature of Parent/Guardian
Date
Signatures
Students and parent(s)/guardian(s) need only
sign the Authorization for Electronic
Network
Access
once while enrolled in Central A & M Community Unit District 21.
The signature(s) are not
required to attend Central A & M schools or
for limited, supervised Internet access.
Such
signatures are required for unsupervised use and constitute:
*Authorization by parent(s)/guardian(s) allowing their student(s) access
to the District
network and the Internet, and
*Agreement that the student is bound by the rules set forth in this
authorization and any other
rules adopted by the District from time to time in respect to computer,
District network, or
Internet use, and
*Agreement by the parent(s)/guardian(s) to be bound by the terms of this
authorization and
agreement.
As a user of the Central A & M Community
Unit District 21 computer network, I understand and
will abide by all rules contained in this
Authorization for Internet access and any other rules of the
District network.
I understand that any violation of these guidelines is unethical and may
constitute
a school offense.
If I commit any violation, my access privileges may be suspended,
revoked, and/or
other disciplinary action may be taken.
User Signature:
Date:
As a parent/guardian of the student signing
above, I give permission for my son or daughter to
access networked computer services including
the Internet. I understand that this
access is designed
for educational purposes.
I understand that some materials on the Internet may be objectionable,
but
I accept responsibility for guidance in
Internet use. I will set and convey
standards for my son or
daughter to follow when selecting, sharing or
exploring information and media. I
understand that
Central A & M Community Unit District is
not responsible for events that could occur through
student misuse of technology.
Parent Signature:
Date:
Name of Student:
Home Telephone Number:
Please
return this form to your child’s school
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