IIBGA Children's Internet Protection Act

IIBGA 

Children's Internet Protection Act 

The district shall implement and enforce an internet safety plan meeting the requirements of both the federal and the Kansas Children’s Internet Protection Acts (CIPA). The superintendent shall develop a plan to implement the Children’s Internet Protection Acts.  

Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) PLAN 
Such plan shall include technology protection measures and such other measures as deemed appropriate to address the following issues: 

• Access by minors to inappropriate matter on the Internet and World Wide Web, 
• The safety and security of minors when using electronic mail, chat rooms, and other forms of direct electronic communications, 
• Unauthorized access, including so-called “hacking,” and other unlawful activities by minors online; unlawful activities by minors online; 
• Unauthorized disclosure, use, and dissemination of personal information regarding minors; and information regarding minors; and 
• Measures designed to restrict minors’ access to materials that may be harmful to them. For the purposes of this policy, “minor” shall be defined to mean any student who is under 18 years of age. The board charges the superintendent to develop the CIPA implementing plan so that all of the protections provided by this policy and the corresponding plan may be afforded to all district students, regardless of their age. 

If the district is providing public access to any computer, the CIPA plan shall also implement and enforce technology protection measures to ensure no minor has access to visual depictions that are child pornography, harmful to minors, or obscene. This plan shall be on file with the board clerk and in each school office with Internet access, and copies shall be made available upon request. The superintendent shall ensure compliance with CIPA by completing Federal Communication Commission forms as required. 

Children’s Internet Protection Plan (CIPA) Plan 
It is the policy of USD 443 to take the following technology protection or other specified measures in order to  better protect our district students from harmful online and electronically transmitted content: 

• install blocks or Internet filters to the district network in order to limit access by both minors and adults  to child pornography and visual depictions or materials that are obscene, inappropriate, or harmful to minors and/or the transmission thereof; 
• monitor the online activities of students while at school, at school sponsored activities, or while utilizing  the district’s network, computer system, computers, e-mail system, or electronic devices having access  to the Internet; 
• address issues related to the safety of students when using e-mail, chat rooms, and other electronic  communication; 
• educate students about appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on  social networking websites and in chat rooms as well as on cyberbullying awareness and response; 
• hinder unauthorized access (hacking) and other unlawful on-line activities by students; and 
• prevent unauthorized disclosure, use, or dissemination of personal information regarding minors, which shall include but may not be limited to, personally identifiable information found in student records; and 
• comply with the Children’s Internet Protection Act. 

Access to Inappropriate Material
To the extent practicable, technology protection measures or Internet filters shall be used to block or filter the  Internet or other forms of electronic devices from accessing child pornography as well as obscene, inappropriate, or harmful material given the age and maturity levels of district students. It is the district’s goal  to implement and enforce technology protection measures under this plan in such a way as to ensure no minor has access to visual depictions that are child pornography, harmful to minors, or obscene. 

Subject to administrative approval, technology protection measures may be minimized only for bonafide research or other lawful purposes that are closely monitored by district staff. 

Inappropriate Network Usage
To the extent practicable, steps shall be taken to promote the safety and security of users of the district’s online computer network when using electronic mail, chat rooms, instant messaging, and other forms of direct electronic communications. 

Specifically, in accordance with CIPA, measures to prevent inappropriate network usage shall include frequent monitoring of the District’s network, computer systems, and equipment to detect any unauthorized access to prohibited materials as described earlier in this plan, hacking, and other unlawful activities by students or staff members. Such monitoring shall also strive to detect unauthorized disclosure, use, and dissemination of personally identifiable information regarding students. 

Education, Supervision and Monitoring
It shall be the responsibility of all members of the District’s staff to educate, supervise, and monitor appropriate usage of online computer network access to the internet in accordance with this policy and CIPA.  

If, during the course of such monitoring, a student or staff member discovers a violation of this policy, the student or staff member shall make a report as follows: 

• Students shall report suspected violation of this policy to any classroom teacher. 
• Staff members shall report suspected violations of this policy to their immediate supervisor when possible. 

Disciplinary Measures
The district retains the right to discipline any student, up to and including expulsion, and any employee, up to and including termination, for violation of this policy. 

Adoption
This Children’s Internet Protection Act Safety Plan was adopted by the Board of USD 443 at a public meeting, following normal public notice and a hearing, on August 12, 2013. 

Adoption Date: 06/08/2009, Revised: 07/09/2012; 08/12/2013