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CIPA Compliance

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Santa Rosa County School District complies with the Children’s Internet Protection Act and COPPA. Per the guidelines of the Children’s Internet Protection Act, the district Internet safety policy addresses all of the following issues:

Issue 1) Access by minors to inappropriate matter on the Internet and World Wide Web 

  • Student AUP (form SR900710)  (y Contrato de Política de Uso Aceptable para Alumnos (form SR900710SP))  (also see the Internet Filter Policy Information for Students or Información para los alumnos sobre el filtro de Internet)
  • Internet Filter Policy Information for Students) (available in Spanish: Información para los alumnos sobre el filtro de Internet)
  • AUP for Employees (p. 2 Internet Safety)
  • Electronic Communication Policy (multiple pages but CIPA on p. 13) “Because the Internet is a widely-used instructional tool, it is important to continually evaluate its use. The District will provide content filtering software for the safety of our students. Under the current Child Internet Protection Act (CIPA), districts receiving federal technology dollars through E-rate or various technology grants must provide Internet filtering software and must ensure that all students receive instruction related to appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on social networking sites and in chat rooms, and Cyberbullying awareness and response in order to receive that funding. The District complies with that Act. ALL district workstations must be configured to be routed through the content filter server prior to going out to the Internet. Any special consideration for exemption of this policy will be for district employees whose workplace is outside of the District Wide Area Network (WAN). In such cases, a modem may be used for Internet access upon approval of the Director of Instructional Technology and the Assistant Superintendent for Information Technology Services. Standalone content filter software should be loaded on any computers outside the WAN accessing the Internet via a modem.”

Issue 2) The safety and security of minors when using electronic mail, chat rooms, and other forms of direct electronic communications

  • School Board Policy 5.321- addresses cyberbullying
  • Code of Student Conduct – Cyberbullying policy (p. 32)
  • Internet Safety Compliance Confirmation by school administration that all students are taught proper and safe use of email, chat rooms and other forms of direct electronic communication  Forms kept on file in the office of the Director of Inservice and Instructional Technology.
  • Student AUP (form SR900710)  (y Contrato de Política de Uso Aceptable para Alumnos (form SR900710SP))
  • AUP for Employees (p. 2 Internet Safety)
  • Electronic Communication Policy (multiple pages but CIPA on p. 13) “Because the Internet is a widely-used instructional tool, it is important to continually evaluate its use. The District will provide content filtering software for the safety of our students. Under the current Child Internet Protection Act (CIPA), districts receiving federal technology dollars through E-rate or various technology grants must provide Internet filtering software and must ensure that all students receive instruction related to appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on social networking sites and in chat rooms, and Cyberbullying awareness and response in order to receive that funding. The District complies with that Act. ALL district workstations must be configured to be routed through the content filter server prior to going out to the Internet. Any special consideration for exemption of this policy will be for district employees whose workplace is outside of the District Wide Area Network (WAN). In such cases, a modem may be used for Internet access upon approval of the Director of Instructional Technology and the Assistant Superintendent for Information Technology Services. Standalone content filter software should be loaded on any computers outside the WAN accessing the Internet via a modem.”

Issue 3) Unauthorized access including “hacking” and other unlawful activities by minors online

  • Code of Student Conduct – Student Electronic Devices/Mobile Devices Possession (p. 24) addresses hacking and other unlawful activities. Failure to Follow Internet Acceptable Use Policy and Guidelines addresses hacking and other unlawful activities by minors online (p. 36); Unauthorized Use of Media/Mobile Devices p. 42 addressing violations of policy with respect to media on mobile devices or web sites.
  • Student AUP (form SR900710)  (y Contrato de Política de Uso Aceptable para Alumnos (form SR900710SP))
  • AUP for Employees (p. 2 Internet Safety)

Issue 4) Unauthorized disclosure, use, and dissemination of personal information regarding minors

Issue 5) Measures designed to restrict minors’ access to materials harmful to minors

  • Code of Student Conduct –Requirement that students access Internet only through district-provided, filtered networks (p. 24),
  • Student AUP (form SR900710)  (y Contrato de Política de Uso Aceptable para Alumnos (form SR900710SP))
  • AUP for Employees (p. 2 Internet Safety)
  • Electronic Communication Policy (multiple pages but CIPA on p. 13) “Because the Internet is a widely-used instructional tool, it is important to continually evaluate its use. The District will provide content filtering software for the safety of our students. Under the current Child Internet Protection Act (CIPA), districts receiving federal technology dollars through E-rate or various technology grants must provide Internet filtering software and must ensure that all students receive instruction related to appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on social networking sites and in chat rooms, and Cyberbullying awareness and response in order to receive that funding. The District complies with that Act. ALL district workstations must be configured to be routed through the content filter server prior to going out to the Internet. Any special consideration for exemption of this policy will be for district employees whose workplace is outside of the District Wide Area Network (WAN). In such cases, a modem may be used for Internet access upon approval of the Director of Instructional Technology and the Assistant Superintendent for Information Technology Services. Standalone content filter software should be loaded on any computers outside the WAN accessing the Internet via a modem.”  (p. 14) The content filter will be configured to block all sites that are obscene, contain child pornography, are harmful to minors, or are determined to be inappropriate for minors.

NOTES

Code of Student Conduct process of review with students is addressed on the first page of the document by the Superintendent’s letter to parents. “The school administrators and teachers will be reviewing this Code of Student Conduct along with the school’s student handbook to bring attention to the rules, guidelines and consequences that have been established.”

The AUP for students is addressed during the Code of Student Conduct reviews and sent home for parental signatures. The opening statement addresses CIPA: PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE SIGNING. NO STUDENT WILL BE GIVEN FULL INTERNET ACCESS UNLESS THE PARENT/GUARDIAN SIGNS THIS POLICY THAT ANNOUNCES THE POSSIBLE RISKS OF USING THE INTERNET AND MICROSOFT OFFICE 365. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROVIDES INTERNET FILTERS AND TAKES EVERY REASONABLE PRECAUTION TO ENSURE THAT INTERNET USE IS SAFE   and page 3 (this page is kept by parents) addresses CIPA directly as policy from which we drew up the AUP: RELEVANT FEDERAL LAWS AND RULINGS · PUBLIC LAW 106-554 TITLE XVII–CHILDREN’S INTERNET PROTECTION ACT (Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) | Federal Communications Commission (fcc.gov))

Electronic Communications Policy (p. 14) Student Guidelines

  1. The content filter will be configured to block all sites that are obscene, contain child pornography, are harmful to minors, or are determined to be inappropriate for minors.
  2. Generally non-educationally-oriented e-commerce sites will be blocked for students by the content filter.
  3. Email will be screened for inappropriate words. Teachers are required to sponsor student email accounts (ePals, Gaggle.net, or if available, district student email) on behalf of any
  4. student who needs this service. The sponsoring teacher has the primary responsibility to monitor these email accounts and ensure they are used appropriately. District personnel will conduct random audits of district student email accounts.
  5. “Hacking” and other unlawful activities online, and unauthorized disclosure, use and dissemination of personal identification information is prohibited.
  6. Students at all grade levels will receive instruction on appropriate online behavior – including interacting with other individuals on social networking sites and in chat rooms – and cyberbullying awareness and response.
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