CIPA
Quitman County Board of Education
"CIPA Compliance Policy"
The Board of Education believes that the use of the Internet in
instructional program is an educational tool, which facilitates
communication, innovation, resource sharing and access to
information. Due to the complex nature of accessible networks
and the magnitude of potential information available to anyone
utilizing the Internet, the Board believes comprehensive guidelines
are warranted in order to serve the educational needs of
students.
It shall be the policy of the Quitman County Board of Education
that the school system shall have in continuous operation, with
respect to any computers belonging to the school having access to
the Internet:
1. A qualifying
"technology protection measure," as that term is defined in Section
1703(b)(1) of the Children's Internet Protection Act of 2000;
and
2. Procedures or
guidelines developed by the superintendent, administrators and/or
other appropriate personnel which provide for monitoring the online
activities of users and the use of the chosen technology protection
measure to protect against access through such computers to visual
depictions that are (i) obscene, (ii) child pornography, or (iii)
harmful to minors, as those terms are defined in Section 1703(b)(1)
and (2) of the Children's Internet Protection Act of 2000.
Such procedures or guidelines shall be designed to:
a. Provide for
monitoring the online activities of users to prevent, to the extent
practicable, access by minors to inappropriate matter on the
Internet and the World Wide Web;
b. Promote the
safety and security of minors when using electronic mail, chat
rooms, and other forms of direct electronic communications;
c. Prevent
unauthorized access, including so-called "hacking," and other
unauthorized activities by minors online;
d. Prevent the
unauthorized disclosure, use and dissemination of personal
identification information regarding minors; and
e. Restrict
minors' access to materials "harmful to minors," as that term is
defined in Section 1703(b)(2) of the Children's Internet Protection
Act of 2000.
The Quitman County School District utilizes Sonic Wall content
filtering software on all district computers.