Board Policy
BP 4041
All
Personnel
Employee Use of the Internet
Before any staff member uses the District’s Internet or intranet access, that staff member must agree to abide by the terms and conditions of the staff net use agreement, which will be promulgated by the Superintendent or designee. If a staff member fails to sign the staff net agreement, and uses the District access to the intranet or Internet, that staff member is nonetheless bound by the terms and conditions of the staff net use agreement and may be subject to discipline for failing to follow those terms and conditions. In situations where the staff member does not sign the staff net use agreement that staff member is nonetheless put on notice of the terms and condition of that agreement by this board policy and the administrative regulations, which accompany it.
Employees of the District shall not have their own Internet access from any District property. All employee Internet access obtained from school property must be through the District’s access to the Internet.
Supervision of Student Access to the
Internet
Staff shall provide reasonable supervision under the circumstances for students who are using on-line services and may ask instructional aides and skill center assistants to assist in such supervision. The purpose of such supervision shall be instructional as well as to prevent students from “misuse of the district’s Net access to the internet” as that phrase is defined in the Student Internet/Network/Computer Acceptable Use Agreement.
In providing such supervision, staff may ask instructional aides and skill center assistants to assist in such supervision. Students who fail to abide by regulations promulgated by the superintendent or designee, or who fail to abide by the Student Internet/Network/Computer Acceptable Use Agreement or school rules regarding net use, shall be subjected to disciplinary action, revocation of the user account, and legal or criminal action as appropriate.
Soliciting and Selling
District employees shall not use the District access to the Internet, nor shall they use any District created or District related website to advertise any private commercial ventures in which they have a financial or proprietary interest, or in which members of their families have financial or proprietary interests. Advertising on district websites is controlled by Board Policy 1500. District related websites are defined in Board Policy 1500.
Legal References:
Education Code
51006 Computer education and resources
51007 Programs to strengthen technological skills
51870-51884 Education Technology Act
60011 Instruction materials definition
60022 Prohibited instructional materials
Penal Code
313 Harmful matter
632 et seq Eavesdropping on or recording confidential communications
United States Code
20 U.S.C. § 6801-7005 Technology for Education Act of 1994
Management
Resources
CDE Publications
K-12 Network Technology Planning Guide: Building the future, 1994
Approved:
Revised:
Related Policies and Exhibits:
E 4041 Employee Net Use Agreement