Misuse & Disciplinary Action
Consequences to Violations of Student Chromebook Policy
Level 1 Offenses
Level 1 offenses are less serious and begin with a student and/or parent/guardian conference or call. However, depending on the frequency, a Level 1 violation may merit a more severe disciplinary action such as the ones set forth below.
Examples of Level 1 Offenses:
- Consecutive failure to bring device to class
- Continuously leaving Chromebook unsupervised
- Repeated failure to charge battery/low battery/dead battery
- Sharing passwords
- Changing passwords without permission from Administrator or Technology Support
- Plagiarism
- Defacing computers (e.g., stickers, markers, destruction of ID/serial number)
- Removing District labels or tags
- Clearing web browser history
- Creating, accessing, downloading, or distributing non-educational materials (e.g., games, music, videos, images) without permission
- Accessing/participating in chat rooms, chat documents, bulletin boards, or blogs, without teacher/administration permission
- Failure to follow teacher directives
- Failure to be polite and courteous digital citizens
- Consecutive failure to bring device to class
- Unintentional possession of another student’s device
- Horseplay (running, throwing, kicking, mishandling, etc.)
Violations of these policies may result in one of the following, but not limited to these disciplinary actions:
- Student/Parent Conference or Call
- Principal’s Detention
- Suspension (ISS or OSS)
- Restitution (money paid in compensation for loss or damage)
- Removal of unauthorized files and folders
- Restriction of the Internet privileges
- Restriction of District-issued device
***Three (3) Level 1 Offenses may result in restriction of Internet privileges and/or restriction of District-issued Chromebook
Level 2 Offenses
Level 2 offenses are more serious and begin with a required parent/guardian conference, restriction of the Internet and/or District-owned Chromebook privileges, and an ISS placement. However, depending on the frequency, a Level 2 violation may merit a more severe disciplinary action such as the ones set forth below.
Examples of Level Offenses:
- Downloading, posting, or distributing material that:
- Are harmful or prejudicial to others (e.g., defamatory or libelous)
- Are profane, pornogrphic, obscene, or sexually explicit (e.g. photos, music, images, videos)
- Are illegal (e.g., copyrighted materials)
- Refers to weapons, alcohol, drugs, guns, gangs
- Constitutes gambling
- Are restricted
- Engaging in online activity that threatens, intimidates, bullies, harasses, discriminates, or defames
- Intentionally destroying hardware or software
- Engaging in theft (intentional possession of another student’s device)
- Engaging in any illegal activity
- Harming or destroying another user’s data
- Creating or sharing a computer virus
- Disrupting the network or the educational process
- Hacking into someone else’s account
Violations of these policies may result in one of the following, but not limited to these disciplinary actions:
- Student/Parent Conference or Call
- Principal’s Detention
- Suspension (ISS or OSS)
- Restitution (money paid in compensation for loss or damage)
- Removal of unauthorized files and folders
- Restriction of the Internet privileges
- Restriction of District-issued Chromebook
- Court referral/Criminal charges
- Alternative School Placement
- Expulsion
If a violation of the Student Chromebook and Acceptable Use Policy violates other rules of the student handbook, consequences appropriate for violations of those rules may also be imposed.
**If a student’s District-Issued Chromebook privileges are restricted this means that for the period of the restriction, the student may only use his/her Chromebook while at school and under teacher supervision.
General Rules: If there is a repeated occurrence of a Chromebook not being usable for the school day, i.e. not being charged, then the administration reserves the right to make the student a day user for a length of time to be determined by the administration.