REGULATION
Board of Education
Delsea Regional School District
CONSENT & WAIVER AGREEMENT COMPUTER NETWORK AND INTERNET ACCESS
The following Agreement must be read and signed by the pupil and his/her
parent(s) or legal guardian(s).
By signing this Consent and Waiver Agreement, I ________________________
(print name) and my parent(s) or legal guardian(s) state that we have
discussed the rights and responsibilities contained herin and I agree to abide
by the restrictions contained in this agreement.
Further, my parents(s) or legal guardian(s) and I are hereby advised that the
Board and its employees do not have control over the information on the
Internet, although the Board shall attempt to provide prudent and available
barriers to objectionable material. Sites accessible by way of the Internet
may contain material that is illegal, defamatory, inaccurate or potentially
offensive to certain individuals. The intention of the Board is to make the
Internet available for the purpose of furthering its educational goals and
objectives. The Board does not guarantee that pupils will not find some means
to access materials not linked with those goals and objectives.
Because the school district provides, through connection to the Internet,
access to other computer systems around the world, pupils and their parent(s)
or legal guardian(s) understand that the Board and system administrators have
no control over content. While most of the content available on the Internet
is innocuous and much of it a valuable educational resource, some
objectionable material exists. The Board will provide pupil access to
Internet resources only in supervised environments and has taken steps to lock
out objectionable areas to the extent possible, but potential dangers remain.
Pupils and their parents/guardians are advised that some systems may contain
defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, obscene, profane, sexually oriented,
threatening, racially offensive, or otherwise illegal material. The Board and
the system administrators do not condone the use of such materials and do not
permit usage of such materials in the school environment. Parent(s) or legal
guardian(s) having accounts on the system should be aware of the existence of
such materials and monitor home usage of the school district computer network.
Pupils knowingly bringing such materials into the school environment will be
disciplined in accordance with Board policies and regulations and such
activities may result in termination of such pupil's accounts on the computer
network and their independent use of computers.
The Board believes that the benefits to staff and pupils from access to the
Internet in the form of information resources and opportunities for
collaboration, outweighs the disadvantages of access. Ultimately, the Board
recognizes that it is the responsibility of parent(s) and legal guardian(s) to
set and convey standards the pupil should follow over and above school
standards. To that end, the Board respects each family's right to determine
whether or not to permit the pupil to use computer network and Internet
access.
Specific conditions and services on the computer network and the Internet
change from time to time and the Board makes no warranties with respect to
services and specifically assumes no responsibility for:
1. The content of any information or advice received by a pupil from a source
outside of the school district or any costs that are incurred as a result
of seeking and accepting such advise;
2. Any costs, liability or damages caused by pupil use of the computer
network or the Internet;
3. Any consequences of service interruptions or changes whether or not they
were under the control of school district staff; and/or
4. The privacy of electronic mail.
By signing this agreement all signatories agree that the Board shall not be
held liable for the use of the computer network and the Internet and that all
users will abide by the following terms:
1. Use of the computer network and the Internet shall be for educational
purposes;
2. Use of the computer network and the Internet shall not be for illegal
purposes of any kind;
3. The computer network and the Internet shall not be used to transmit
threatening, obscene or harassing material in any form;
4. Pupils will not disrupt the computer network and the Internet services by
any unauthorized personal action;
5. Pupils will not attempt to gain access or access any computer sites or
files for which they do not have authorization;
6. Pupils will copy information in any form to which individuals or
organizations hold copyright, without specific written permission from
those individuals or organizations;
7. Pupils will not engage in game playing on computer networks except when
authorized to do so for educational purposes;
8. Pupils will print materials for educational purposes only to authorized
printers; and/or
9. Pupils will not engage in activities that do not advance the educational
purposes for which computer networks/computers are provided.
Violations
Individuals violating this policy shall be subject to the consequences as
indicated in Regulation 2430 and other appropriate discipline which includes
but are not limited to:
1. Use of Computer Network/Computers only under direct supervision;
2. Suspension of network privileges;
3. Revocation of network privileges;
4. Suspension of computer privileges;
5. Revocation of computer privileges;
6. Suspension from school;
7. Expulsion from school; and/or
8. Legal action and prosecution by the authorities.
It is understood that the system administrators of the computer network and
the Internet access may monitor pupil activity on the computer network and
Internet and that they may access any files stored by pupils on district
computers or at a remote site accessed by district computers. It is further
understood that the system administrators, the principal or the Superintendent
may discontinue the computer network and the Internet access privileges and
may discipline any pupil who violates the terms of this agreement.
Pupil Name: _______________________________________________ (Please Print)
Pupil School: _____________________________________________ (Please Print)
Grade: ___________
All parent(s) or legal guardian(s) legally responsible for the pupil must sign
this agreement to grant the pupil access to the school district computer
networks and the Internet.
Parent/Guardian: ____________________________________________ (Please Print)
Parent/Guardian Signature: __________________________________
Date: ____________________
Parent/Guardian: ____________________________________________ (Please Print)
Parent/Guardian Signature: __________________________________
Date: ____________________
Date Adopted: 9/12/96
