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= ** Acceptable Use for Students and Teacher ** = The School Board of Education recognizes that electronic media, such as the Internet, offers vast, diverse, and unique resources to both students and teachers that should promote educational excellence in our schools. The intent of this policy is to ensure that all uses of the schools Internet connection are for support of education and research and are consistent with the goals and educational philosophy of the school system. The School District shall utilize a technology protection measure as that item is defined in the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) of 2000. To the extent practical, this technology protection measure shall restrict access to visual depictions that are obscene, pornographic or harmful to minors, as those terms are defined in CIPA. Subject to administrative approval, technology protection measures may be disabled or minimized only for bona fide research or other lawful purposes. All of the School District's Internet Service users are subject to the following rules and regulations:

1**. Acceptable Use** The purpose of the school Network/Internet is to support research and education in and among academic institutions in the United States and the world by providing access to unique resources and the opportunity for collaborative work. The use of the network must be consistent with the educational objectives of the School District. Transmission of any material in violation of any U.S., or state regulation or School District policy is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted material, threatening or obscene material or material protected by trade secret. Use for commercial activities or product advertisement is not acceptable. Use for political lobbying is prohibited, however, you may communicate with elected officials to express an opinion on political issues.

2. **Privileges** The use of the Internet is a privilege, not a right, and inappropriate use will result in a cancellation of those privileges and may result in additional administrative disciplinary action. Each user who receives access to the Internet must first participate in an Internet safety/acceptable use policy training session. Each school's administrative staff will deem what is inappropriate. Also, the network administrator may close an account at any time as deemed necessary for the safety of the users and for the security and integrity of The School District’s Internet services. (An administrator, faculty member or staff member of the School District may request that the network administrator deny or suspend specific user(s) account.)

3. **Network/Internet Guidelines** The user is expected to abide by the following guidelines. These include (but are not limited to) the following: a. Illegal activities are strictly prohibited.– Violation of Georgia Code 16-9-93 as it pertains to computer theft, computer trespass, and computer invasion of privacy, computer forgery, and computer password disclosure. Violation of Georgia Code 16-11-37.1 as it pertains to dissemination of information through a computer or computer network of information, any picture, photograph, drawing, or verbal description designed to encourage, solicit or promote terroristic acts and/or threats. b. Submitting, publishing or displaying profanity, vulgarities, defamatory language, intentionally inaccurate information, or inappropriate language is prohibited. c. Use of an identity other than the user’s own is prohibited. d. Publishing personal information such as full name, address, phone number or social security number is prohibited. e. Electronic mail (e-mail) is not private. Inappropriate or illegal messages will be reported to the proper authorities. f. Users shall not intentionally spread computer viruses, vandalize the data, infiltrate systems, damage hardware or software, or in any way disrupt the use of the network. g. Engaging in non-educational games and monopolizing resource time and materials is prohibited. h. All communications and information accessible via the network should be assumed to be subject to copyright law. The user is responsible for checking for copyrighted or licensing agreements. Data received through the Internet is subject to the same rules of documentation as traditional information. Credit is to be given for all material used in research. i. Copying or downloading software illegally from network sources, disks, or CD ROMs to another computer is prohibited. Software installation must be approved by the district’s Technology Department. j. Use of the Internet to access inappropriate matter is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to the materials that are: obscene, sexually explicit, threatening, abusive, harassing, illegally damaging to another person’s reputation and/or demeaning to genders, race, ethnicity, religion and national origins, contrary to the school district’s policy on harassment. 4. **Security** Security on any computer system is a high priority, especially when the system involves many users. If a security problem on the Network/Internet is suspected, users are required to notify the network administrator or the Technology Department. Passwords provide a level of security and must not be shared. Unauthorized attempts to logon to a Network/Internet as a network administrator or other system user will result in cancellation/denial of user privileges. Any user(s) identified as a security risk or having a history of problems with other computer systems may be denied access to the Network/Internet services throughout the School District.

5. **Safety Guidelines** a. Any on-line communication should always be at the direction and with the supervision of a teacher. b. Last name, address or telephone number shall never be provided on-line. c. Any messages that make a user feel uncomfortable or that are from an unknown origin shall never be responded to, and shall always be reported to the teacher, parent or administrator. d. Photos may only be used with signed authorization of parent/legal guardian and shall not include the full name of a student. e. Face-to-face meetings with someone a user meets on-line shall never be arranged.

6. **Disclaimer** The School District makes no warranties of any kind, whether expressed or implied, for the service it is providing. The School District will not be responsible for any damages a user suffers. This includes loss of data resulting from delays, service interruptions and exposure to offensive or threatening material. Use of any information obtained via the Network/Internet is at each student’s own risk. School District specifically denies any responsibility for the accuracy or quality of any information obtained through its services.

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