Jerome Joint School District No. 261

Students 3270

District Provided Access to Electronic Information, Services and Networks

Internet access and interconnected computer systems are available to the District’s students and faculty. Electronic

networks, including the internet, are a part of the District’s instructional program in order to promote educational

excellence by facilitating resource sharing, innovation, and communication.

In order for the District to be able to continue to make its computer network and internet access available, all users,

including students, must take responsibility for appropriate and lawful use of this access. Students utilizing school-provided internet access are responsible for good behavior online. The same general rules for behavior apply to students’ use of District-provided computer systems. Students must understand that one student’s misuse of the network and internet access may jeopardize the ability of all students to enjoy such access. While the District’s teachers and other staff will make reasonable efforts to supervise use of network and internet access, they must have student cooperation in exercising and promoting responsible use of this access and students must be held responsible and accountable for their own conduct.

Curriculum

In accordance with this policy and the Board’s philosophy to ensure the safety of all students, the District shall provide an appropriate planned instructional component for internet safety which shall be integrated into the District’s regular instructional program. In compliance with the Children’s Internet Protection Act this instruction will include information on the safe use of social networking sites and instant messaging, the characteristics of cyber-bullying, and recommended responses.

The use of the District’s electronic networks shall be consistent with the curriculum adopted by the District, as well as the varied instructional needs, abilities, and developmental levels of the students, and shall comply with the selection criteria for instructional materials and library-media center materials. Staff may, consistent with the District’s educational goals, use the internet throughout the curriculum.

The District’s electronic network is part of the curriculum and is not a public forum for general use.

Internet Safety

Each District computer with internet access shall have a filtering device as described in Procedure 3270P.

The District shall require that any vendor, person, or entity providing digital or online library resources to the District for use by students verify they have policies and technology protection measures:

1. Prohibiting and preventing users from sending, receiving, viewing, or downloading materials that are deemed to

be harmful to minors, as defined by section 18-1514, Idaho Code; and

2. Filtering or blocking access to obscene materials, materials harmful to minors, and materials that depict the sexual exploitation of a minor, as defined in chapter 15, title 18, Idaho Code.

The District will also monitor the online activities of students, through direct observation and/or technological means, to ensure that students are not accessing material that is inappropriate or harmful to minors, as defined in section 18-1514 Idaho Code or as defined in 47 USC Section 254.

Filtering should also be used in conjunction with:

1. Educating students on appropriate online behavior;

2. Using behavior management practices for which internet access privileges can be earned or lost; and

3. Appropriate supervision, either in person and/or electronically.

The system administrator and/or Superintendent, Technology Director or designee, and/or building principal shall monitor student internet access.

The Superintendent or Technology Director, or designee, shall set a process for reviewing student claims that access has been denied to internet material that is not within the prohibitions of this policy and for unblocking such materials when appropriate.

Review of filtering technology and software shall be done on a periodic basis and is the responsibility of the

Superintendent, Technology Director or designee. It shall be the responsibility of the Technology Director, or designee, to bring to the Superintendent or designee any suggested modification of the filtering system and to address and assure that the filtering system meets the standards of Idaho Code 18-1514 and any other applicable provisions of Chapter 15, Title 18,Idaho Code.

Internet Access Conduct Agreement

Use of district technology constitutes consent to this policy and procedures in Policy 3270P.

Warranties/Indemnification

The District makes no warranties of any kind, express or implied, in connection with its provision of access to and use of its computer networks and the internet provided under this policy. The District is not responsible for any information that may be lost, damaged, or unavailable when using the network, or for any information that is retrieved or transmitted via the internet. This includes loss of data resulting from delays, non-deliveries, missed deliveries, or service interruptions caused by its negligence or the user’s errors or omissions. Use of any information obtained via the internet is at the user’s own risk. The District specifically denies any responsibility for the accuracy or quality of information obtained through its services. The District will not be responsible for any unauthorized charges or fees resulting from access to the internet, and any user is fully responsible to the District and shall indemnify and hold the District, its trustees, administrators, teachers, and staff harmless from any and all loss, costs, claims, or damages resulting from such user’s access to its computer network and the internet, including but not limited to any fees or charges incurred through purchases of goods or services by the user and

attorney fees. The user or, if the user is a minor, the user’s parent(s)/legal guardian(s) agrees to cooperate with the District in the event the school initiates an investigation of a user’s use of their access to its computer network and the internet.

Violations

If any user violates this policy, the student’s access to the District’s internet system and computers will be denied, if not already provided, or withdrawn and they may be subject to additional disciplinary action. The Administrator will make all decisions regarding whether or not a user has violated this policy and any related rules or regulations and may deny, revoke, or suspend access at any time, with their decision being final. Actions which violate local, State, or federal law may be referred to the local law enforcement agency. If the actions of the individual are also in violation of other District discipline policies, said student shall be subject to additional possible disciplinary action based upon these policies.

Internet Safety Coordinator

The Superintendent, Technology Director, or designee, will be responsible for ensuring compliance with the requirements of federal law, State law, and this policy

Cross Reference: 2335 Digital Citizenship and Safety Education

3330 Student Discipline

Legal Reference: I.C. § 33-132 Local school boards internet policy required

I.C. § 33-137 Digital and Online Library Resources for K-12 Students

I.C. § 18-1514(6) Obscene Materials – Definitions

I.C. § 18-6726 TikTok Use by State Employees on a State-Issued Device Prohibited

20 U.S.C. § 9134(f) State Plans Internet Safety

20 U.S.C. § 7131 Internet Safety

Idaho Executive Order 2022-06

Policy History:

Adopted on: 04/25/2009

Revised on: 07/26/2011

Revised on: 08/25/2015

Revised on: 02/28/2017

Revised on: 05/28/2024