Board Policy IGS, Educational Technology, affirms the Board’s commitment to equitable access and opportunity for all students and staff to use technology to communicate, collaborate, create, and innovate safely and responsibly in support of teaching and learning.

Policy IGS includes digital citizenship: MCPS promotes, models, and establishes guidelines for the safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology and takes appropriate action to address, resolve, and prevent inappropriate uses of such information. It is the Board’s intention that students and staff recognize the rights, responsibilities, and opportunities of living, learning, and working in an interconnected digital world and act in ways that are safe, legal, and ethical. Students should – 

1) cultivate and manage their digital identities and reputations and be informed of the short- and long-term implications of creating, obtaining, and distributing personal information in digital communication; 

2) engage in positive, safe, legal, and ethical behavior when using technology, including social interactions; 

3) demonstrate an understanding of and respect for the rights of others and the obligations of using and sharing intellectual property; and 

4) manage their personal data to maintain digital privacy and security, recognizing that there are data-collection technologies that may be used to track their navigation online. 

NOTE: Text was posted on 3/3/2025. Please refer to the regulation linked below for possible updates to the regulation. 

Source: https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/depArtments/policy/detail.aspx?recID=212&policyID=IGS&sectionID=9