The [Fremont Union High School District] Board of Trustees recognizes that technology provides ways to access the most current and extensive sources of information. Technology also enables students to practice skills and to develop reasoning and problem-solving abilities. Every effort shall be made to provide equal access to technology throughout the District’s schools and classes. Staff shall supervise students while using on-line services and may ask instructional aides and student assistants to assist in this supervision.

Technology Use Guidelines (See BP 6163.4 and AR 6163.4)

1. The student in whose name an on-line services account is issued is responsible for its proper use at all times. Users shall keep personal account numbers, home addresses and telephone numbers private. They shall use the system only under their own account number.

2. The District’s system shall be used only for purposes related to education. Commercial, political and/or personal use unrelated to an educational purpose is strictly prohibited.

3. The District reserves the right to monitor any on-line communications for improper use. Electronic communications and downloaded material, including files deleted from a user’s account, may be monitored or read by District officials.

4. Students are prohibited from accessing, posting, submitting, publishing or displaying harmful matter or material that is threatening, obscene, disruptive or sexually explicit, or that could be construed as harassment or disparagement of others based on their race, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion or political beliefs.

5. Harmful matter includes matter, taken as a whole which to the average person, applying contemporary statewide standards, appeals to the prurient interest and is matter which depicts or describes in a patently offensive way sexual conduct and which lacks serious literacy, artistic, political or scientific value for minors.

6. Users shall not use the system to encourage the use of drugs, alcohol or tobacco, nor shall they promote unethical practices or any activity prohibited by law or District policy.

7. Copyrighted material may not be placed on the system without the author’s permission. Users may download copyrighted material for their own use only.

8. Vandalism will result in the cancellation of user privileges and charges for repairs to equipment, software and the network. Vandalism includes the intentional uploading, downloading or creating computer viruses and/or any malicious attempt to harm or destroy District equipment or materials or data of another user.

9. The use of the District’s system to gain unauthorized access (“hacking”) to another computer is prohibited. Hacking into the District’s system from any computer source is prohibited and will be treated as an act of vandalism

10. Users shall not read other users’ mail or files; they shall not attempt to interfere with other users’ ability to send or receive electronic mail or files, nor shall they attempt to delete, copy, modify or forge other users’ mail or files.

11. Users shall report any security problem or misuse of the services to the teacher or principal.

The principal or designee shall make all decisions regarding whether or not a user has violated these regulations and may deny, revoke or suspend a user’s access at any time. The decision of the principal or designee shall be final.

[signed and dated by the student]
[signed and dated by a parent or guardian]

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