FILE: EHB Critical © 2002,
For
Office Use Only: EHB-C.1C (10/02)
TECHNOLOGY
USAGE
The
electronics-based
information technology, both as a means of access to enriching information and
as a tool to develop skills that students need.
The district's technology exists for the purpose of maximizing the
educational opportunities and achievement of district students. The
professional enrichment of the staff and Board and increased engagement of the
students' families and other patrons of the district are assisted by
technology, but are secondary to the ultimate goal of student achievement. Use of technology resources in a disruptive,
manifestly inappropriate or illegal manner impairs the district’s mission,
squanders resources and shall not be tolerated. Therefore, a consistently high
level of personal responsibility is expected of all users granted access to the
district’s technology resources. Development of students' personal
responsibility is itself an expected benefit of the district technology
program.
Definitions
For the purposes of
this policy and related regulation, procedures and forms, the following terms
are
defined:
User -- any person who is permitted by the
district to utilize any portion of the district’s
technology
resources including, but not limited to, students, employees, school Board
members
and
agents of the school district.
User Identification (ID) -- any identifier that
would allow a user access to the district’s technology
resources or
to any program including, but not limited to, e-mail and Internet access.
Password -- a unique word, phrase or
combination of alphabetic, numeric and non-alphanumeric
characters used
to authenticate a user ID as belonging to a user.
Technology
Administration
The Board directs the
superintendent or designee to create rules and procedures governing
technology
usage in the district to support the district’s policy, as needed.
The Board directs the
superintendent or designee to assign trained personnel to maintain the
district’s
technology in a manner that will protect the district from liability and will
protect
confidential
student and employee information retained or accessible through district
technology
resources.
Trained personnel shall establish a retention schedule for the regular
archiving or
deletion of
data stored on district technology resources in accordance with the Public School
District Retention Manual published by the
Missouri Secretary of State. Administrators of
computer
resources may suspend access to and/or availability of the district’s
technology resources to diagnose and investigate network problems or potential
violations of the law or district policies, regulations and procedures.
User
Identification and Network Security
The district
technology resources may be used by authorized students, employees, school
Board
members and
other persons such as consultants, legal counsel and independent contractors.
Use of the district’s
technology resources is a privilege, not a right. No student, employee or
other
potential user will be given an ID, password or other access to district
technology if he or
she is
considered a security risk by the superintendent or designee.
Users must adhere to
district policies, regulations, procedures and other district guidelines. All
users
shall immediately report any security problems or misuse of the district’s
technology
resources to
an administrator or teacher.
User
Agreement and Privacy
Unless authorized by
the superintendent or designee, all users must have an appropriately signed
User Agreement on file with the district
before they are allowed access to district technology
resources. All
users must agree to follow the district’s policies, regulations and procedures.
In addition, all users
must recognize that they do not have a legal expectation of privacy in any
electronic
communications or other activities involving the district’s technology. A user
ID with
e-mail
access, if granted, is provided to users of this district's network and
technology resources
only on
condition that the user consents in his or her User Agreement to interception of or access
to all
communications accessed, sent, received or stored using district technology.
Content
Filtering and Monitoring
The district will
monitor the online activities of minors and operate a technology protection
measure
(“filtering/blocking device”) on the network and/or all computers with Internet
access,
as
required by law. The filtering/blocking device will be used to protect against
access to visual
depictions that
are obscene, harmful to minors and child pornography, as required by law.
Because the district’s
technology is a shared resource, the filtering/blocking device will apply to
all
computers with Internet access in the district. Filtering/Blocking devices are
not foolproof, and the district cannot guarantee that users will never be able
to access offensive materials using
district
equipment. Evasion or disabling, or attempting to evade or disable a
filtering/blocking
device
installed by the district is prohibited.
The superintendent, designee or the district's technology administrator
may disable the district's filtering/blocking device to enable an adult user
access for bona fide research or for other lawful purposes. In making decisions
to disable the district's filtering/blocking device, the administrator shall
consider whether the use will serve a legitimate educational purpose or
otherwise benefit the district.
Closed
Forum
The district’s
technology resources are not a public forum for expression of any kind and are
to
be
considered a closed forum to the extent allowed by law. The district’s webpage will provide
information about the school district, but will not be used as an open forum.
The district's webpage may include the district’s address, telephone number and
an e-mail address where members of the public may easily communicate concerns
to the administration and the Board.
All expressive activities
involving district technology resources that students, parents and members of
the public might reasonably perceive to bear the imprimatur of the school and
that are designed to impart particular knowledge or skills to student
participants and audiences are considered curricular publications. All
curricular publications are subject to reasonable prior restraint, editing and
deletion on behalf of the school district for legitimate pedagogical reasons.
All other expressive
activities involving the district’s technology are subject to reasonable prior
restraint and
subject matter restrictions as allowed by law and Board policies.
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Note: The reader is encouraged to check the index
located at the beginning of this section
for
other pertinent policies and to review administrative procedures and/or forms
for
related information.
Adopted: 08/16/2010
FILE: EHB
Critical
© 2002,
Cross Refs: AC,
Nondiscrimination and Anti-Harassment
IGDB, Student
Publications
IGDBA, Distribution of
Noncurricular Student Publications
JO, Student Records
KB, Public Information
Program
Legal Refs: §§
170.051, 182.827, 431.055, .056, 537.525, 542.402, 569.095 - .099, 610.010 -
.028,
RSMo.
Chapter 573, Revised
Statutes of Missouri (passim)
Children’s Internet
Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. 254(h)
Electronic
Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510-2502
Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1232(g)
Federal
Wiretap Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2511 et seq.
Stored
Communications Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2701 et seq.
Ginsberg v.
FCC v.
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, 484
Sony Corporation of
Henerey by Henerey
v. City of
1999)
Bystrom v.
Urofsky v.
Gilmore, 216 F.3d 401 (4th Cir. 2000)
J.S. v.
Beussink v.