Wautoma Area School District
Approved 10/8/98
Revised 02/14/02
A. Computers are available in all school buildings for student use for educational purposes. In compliance with the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and the Neighborhood Children’s Internet Protection Act (N-CIPA). All Internet access on all computers in all schools is screened by filtering and blocking software to restrict minors’ access to materials harmful to minors. Monitoring of computer and Internet use may be done by any school employee at any time without notice. To protect the computer network from vandalism and computer viruses, the Wautoma Area School District is a disk free environment. Students using floppy disks must first obtain permission from the computer lab supervisor.
B. Students agree to use the school network computers for educational purposes. Accessing or transmitting any material that is in violation of State or federal laws or current school policies is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted material, material protected by trade secret, threatening, obscenity, child pornography, materials harmful to minors, or any otherwise illegal material. Students are not permitted to use electronic communications software including email and chat services.
C. The use of the network computers is a privilege, not a right. Inappropriate use may result in cancellation of this privilege. Each individual who receives an account will receive training in using the system. School officials may close an account at any time and students and parents will be notified before an account is closed permanently.
D. Responsible Computer Behavior
1. Users shall not use the network computers for any illegal purpose.
2. Users shall not lend his or her user identification and password to anyone else.
3. Users shall not reveal names, addresses, or telephone numbers of students or staff.
4. Users shall not load a computer virus onto the network.
5. Users shall not load any software onto the network.
6. Users shall not use the network for sending or receiving personal messages.
7. Users shall not send or receive information that is obscene, racist, or offensive.
8. Users shall not access files of other students or staff.
9. Users shall not play games.
10. Users shall not perform any act or access any information that is in violation of the school’s code of conduct.
11. Users shall not purchase or download any products or services offered or sold through the Internet.
E. The school shall not be responsible for any user damages suffered. This includes loss of data resulting from delivery errors and equipment malfunction. Use of any information obtained via the Internet is at the discretion of the student and the school denies any responsibility for the accuracy or quality of information obtained from the Internet. Users understand that no filtering software is able to block all inappropriate content.
F. Students who violate this policy or established rules of computer usage are subject to discipline in accordance with established procedures. Damage to a computer or to the computer network operating system will be considered vandalism and may result in legal action.
Cross Reference: Board Policy 363.23-Computer and Internet Student Use Agreement
