5000.6T STUDENT USE OF THE DISTRICT'S COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND INTERNET SAFETY (3)

Series 5000.6T

                                                                                         STUDENTS

          STUDENT USE OF THE DISTRICT'S COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND INTERNET SAFETY

   Computers, computer networks, electronic devices, Internet access, and e-mail are effective
   and important technological resources. The Board of Education has installed computers and a
   computer network, including Internet access and an e-mail system, on Board premises and
   may provide other electronic devices that can access the network such as wireless and/or
   portable electronic hand-held equipment that can be used for word processing, wireless
   Internet access, image capture and recording, sound recording, information transmitting
   and/or receiving, storing etc. (including, but not limited to, laptops, Kindles, radios, I-Pads or
   other tablet computers). The Board’s computers, computer network, electronic devices,
   Internet access, and e-mail are referred to collectively as "the computer systems” and are
   provided in order to enhance both the educational opportunities for our students and the
   business operations of the district.

   These computer systems are business and educational tools. As such, they are made
   available to students in the district for education related uses. The Administration shall
   develop regulations setting forth procedures to be used by the Administration in an effort to
   ensure that such computer systems are used by students solely for education related
   purposes. The Board will educate minor students about appropriate online behavior,
   including interacting with other individuals on social networking websites and in chat rooms
   and cyberbullying awareness and response. Additionally, the Board will implement a
   technology protection measure to block or filter Internet access to visual depictions that
   contain material that is obscene or obscene as to minors or contains child pornography, and
   ensure that such filtering technology is operative during computer use by minor students to
   the extent practicable when such students are using Board-owned computers or devices and
   Board-provided Internet access.

   As the owner of the computer systems, the Board reserves the right to monitor the use of the
   district’s computers and computer systems.

   Legal References:

          Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-221

          Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 53a-182b; 53a-183; 53a-250

          Electronic Communication Privacy Act of 1986, Public Law 99-508, codified at 18 U.S.C.
          §§ 2510 through 2520

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         Children’s Internet Protection Act, Pub. L. 106-554, codified at 47 U.S.C. § 254(h)

         No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Pub. L. 107-110, codified at 20 U.S.C. § 6777

         Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act, Pub. Law 110-385, codified at​ ​47 U.S.C. §
         254(h)(5)(B)(iii)



   TEMPORARY POLICY ADOPTED:           December 8, 2020


   COLCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
   Colchester, Connecticut




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