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Monitoring
Monitoring
Under SB29, school districts and technology providers may NOT electronically access or monitor:
Location-tracking features of school-issued devices;
Audio or visual receiving, transmitting, or recording feature of a school-issued device;
Student interactions with a school-issued device, including, but not limited to, keystrokes and web-browsing activity.
UNLESS such access or monitoring is:
Limited to noncommercial educational purposes for instruction, tech support, or proctoring and notice is provided in advance;
Permitted under judicial warrant;
Necessary because a device is missing or stolen;
Necessary to prevent or respond to a threat to life or safety;
Necessary to comply with federal or state law;
Necessary to participate in federal or state funding programs.
Please be aware that Toledo Public Schools, either directly, or through a technology provider, is electing to generally monitor all school-issued devices. The monitoring will include the following features: student interactions with school-issued devices (i.e. keystrokes and web-browsing activity). Toledo Public Schools generally monitors these features for the noncommercial education purpose of instruction, technical support, exam proctoring, and/ or as required by the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA). Additionally, these features are generally monitored as a necessary precaution for preventing and/ or responding to threats of life of safety.Â
Please note that the district has NOT implemented any new or changed monitoring services. This notice is a new requirement per Ohio Senate Bill 29 ("SB29") that was passed by the Ohio general Assembly at the end of June 2024, was signed by Governor Dewine on July 24, 2024, and became effective onOctober 24, 2024.
What does this mean in TPS:
TPS only utlizes device tracking in the event of a report theft/ loss. This ability is limited to the nearest network connection (there is NOT a global GPS tracker like on your phone)
TPS is required to monitor/ filter/ block internet activity. While most of the 'bad traffic' is stopped via our firewalls, students will intentionally access non-permitted sites and there will be an alert to IT administrators. If this alert is deemed credible, it will be forwarded to the building administration for a violation of the Student Code of Conduct and Acceptable Use Policy.
In the event there is a violation of the Student Code of Conduct and the investigation requires accessing a Student Device, Parents/Guardians will receive a notification.
In the event that a passive monitoring alert requires an investigation that leads to accessing a Student Device, Parents/ Guardians will receive a notification.
What is NOT considered Monitoring:
Teachers and Staff can/ will engage with various student platforms as part of the instructional process. ie: reviewing student work that is digitally submitted
Accessing any device for technical or content support.
Monitoring students while they are on/ accessing a device during work sessions/ time.
General on-task monitoring that mirrors a typical classroom management practice.
Internet/ website traffic passive-monitoring that is required by CIPA.
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