AUP

A preamble

STUDENT USE OF DISTRICT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

To support its educational mission, the Douglas County School District may provide information technology (“IT”), such as computers, networks, Internet access, and electronic- mail accounts, to its students. The Board of Education believes that District IT should be used in schools as a learning resource to educate and to inform.

While parents and students themselves are ultimately responsible for their behavior at school and their use of District IT, the District will make every reasonable effort to ensure that students use District IT appropriately and responsibly. To this end, the District has implemented content filtering measures that direct student learning and restrict student access to inappropriate material, in accordance with applicable law. Administrators, teachers, and staff have a professional responsibility to work together to help students develop the intellectual skills needed to evaluate and choose information sources, to identify information

The acceptable use policy for Chaparral High School is included in the student handbook that must be read and signed by parents of students each year.  The handbook is  95 pages long and the acceptable use policy is about 5 pages.  The preamble for the AUP includes what is being referred to in regards to technology:  computers, networks, email, internet.  

A definition section

No definitions are included.

A policy statement

No less than when in class, in the lunchroom, or at school-sponsored events, students are responsible for good behavior when using District IT to travel through cyberspace. Thus all rules and expectations regarding student conduct, as well as all provisions of the student conduct code, apply to student conduct involving District IT. In addition to general behavioral expectations, additional expectations apply when students use District IT.

The handbook defines uses for technology as basically anytime during school or a school function.  

An acceptable uses section

There is no mention of acceptable uses for technology.  

An unacceptable uses section

Examples of prohibited use of District IT include the following:

1. Searching, viewing, editing, or retrieving materials that are not related to school work, community service, employment, or further education (therefore, searching or viewing sexually explicit, profane, violence promoting, or illegal materials is not permitted);

2. Downloading or loading software without permission, or using software in a way not permitted by its license;

3. Accessing, viewing, or altering any official record or file of the school or District;

4. Damaging District IT;

5. Violating copyright laws;

6. Using the passwords of other users;

7. Trespassing in the folders, work, or files of other users;

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8. Any malicious use or disruption of the District’s IT or breach of security features;

9. Intentionally wasting computer system resources;

10. Using the network for commercial purposes;

11. Sharing of the student’s home address, phone number, or other information;

12. Using District IT after losing the privilege to do so;

13. Any activity that violates a law or a school or District rule.

There is an ample section for unacceptable uses for IT within the policy.  

A violations/sanctions section

Any staff member, student or other authorized user identified as a security risk, or as having a history of problems with other computer systems, may be denied access to the Internet and District electronic communication systems.

A brief statement describes that students may be denied use.