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IUSDNet
Acceptable Use Policy
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BOARD POLICY
Irvine Unified School District |
6163.4(a) |
In a free and democratic society,
access to information is a fundamental right of citizenship.
Electronic information resources offer multiple opportunities
of educational value. IUSD supports access by students and
staff to rich information resources and encourages staff and
students to develop the information research skills necessary
to analyze and evaluate such resources. IUSDNet is provided
for students and staff to collaborate, produce, publish, conduct
research, and to communicate with others on a local, national,
and international level. In return, every IUSD user is expected
to use these resources for educational purposes only, to act
in a responsible, ethical, and legal manner; and to conform
to network etiquette that includes being polite, using appropriate
language, and respecting privacy.
The Irvine Unified School District's computer
network (IUSDNet) provides access to electronic resources
and to the Internet. The IUSDNet consists of networked computers
in schools and other district facilities. The Internet is
a collection of electronic networks connecting computers within
the district, and around the world. Similar to the Library
Bill of Rights, the Irvine Unified School District holds that
"... a person's right to access Internet resources should
not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background
or views." Students and staff on IUSDNet have access to any
or all of the following:
- Electronic mail (E-mail) communication
- Information and news from a wide variety
of sources and research institutions
- Discussion groups on a wide variety of
curriculum-related topics
- Opportunities to publish classroom-related
projects on the World Wide Web
IUSD has taken reasonable steps to ensure
that IUSDNet is used only for activities that support the
curriculum or one's professional role, and will monitor individual
use. However, total security on such a far reaching system
is imperfect and impossible to achieve. Realistically, school
computers can be used inappropriately if one is persistent.
Using the network is a privilege and may be revoked at
any time for unacceptable conduct. Unacceptable conduct includes
the following:
- Using the network for illegal activities,
including plagiarism, copyright or contract violations.
- Using the network for financial or commercial
gain.
- Using the network for advocating for ballot
measures or political candidates.
- Accessing or exploring on-line locations,
materials or on-line games that do not support the curriculum
and/or are inappropriate for school-related work.
- Vandalizing and/or tampering with equipment,
programs, files, system performance or other components
of the network, including copying, distributing, or modifying
copyrighted software.
- Causing congestion on the network or interfering
with the work of others, e.g., chain letters, broadcast
messages to lists or individuals, modifying or deleting
files.
- Infiltrating, or "hacking" any computer
system or network, or interfering with another person's
ability to use that system.
- Sending or receiving materials that are
pornographic, obscene, or x-rated.
- Intentionally wasting finite resources,
e.g., on-line time.
- Gaining unauthorized access anywhere on
the network.
- Revealing the home address or phone number
of another person; or, if a student, revelaing one's own
home address or phone number.
- Invading or violating the privacy of other
individuals and/or their information.
- Using another user' account or ID card
or allowing another user access to your account or ID.
- Coaching, helping, observing or joining
any unauthorized activity on the network.
- Using e-mail, as a student, for other
than school-related purposes.
- Posting anonymous messages, unapproved
web pages, or unlawful or libelous information on the system.
- Engaging in sexual harassment or other
objectionable activities in public or private messages,
e.g., activites that are abusive, sexually explicit, threatening,
demeaning or using objectionable language.
- Falsifying permission, authorization or
identification documents.
Violations of the Acceptable Use Policy,
or any willful act designed to disrupt information technology,
will result in disciplinary or legal action and may result
in a loss of access to IUSDNet. Parent(s) and guardian(s)
are responsible for setting the standards for members of their
family. Therefore, we support the right of each family to
select or refuse Internet access for their student.
Please retain this document
for reference.
We acknowledge that the ideas in this
statement were borrowed from many sources. A list is available
upon request.
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