Student Education Technology Acceptable Use and Safety Agreement

TRI-VILLAGE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

STUDENT NETWORK AND INTERNET ACCEPTABLE USE AND SAFETY AGREEMENT (2018-2019)

Teacher: ______________________________

Student User’s Full Name (please print): _______________________________ Grade: ____________

Parent/Guardian Name: ______________________________________________________________

To access e-mail and/or the Internet at school, students under the age of eighteen (18) must obtain parent permission and must sign and return this form. Students eighteen (18) and over may sign their own forms.

Use of the Internet is a privilege, not a right. The Board’s Internet connection is provided for educational purposes only. Unauthorized and inappropriate use will result in a cancellation of this privilege.

Please read the Student Network and Internet Acceptable Policy Agreement found on the back of this form.

I have read the Student Network and Internet Acceptable Policy Agreement and agree to all terms included in this agreement.

Parent/Guardian Signature: ______________________________ Date: ________________________

Please check each that applies:

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I give permission for my child to use and access the Internet at school and for the Board to issue an Internet/e-mail account to my child.

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I give permission for my child’s image (photograph) to be published online, provided only his/her first name is used.

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I give permission for the Board to transmit “live” images of my child (as part of a group) over the Internet via a web cam.

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I authorize and license the Board to post my child’s class work on the Internet without infringing upon any copyright my child may own with respect to such class work. I understand only my child’s first name will accompany such class work.

Parent/Guardian’s Signature: ____________________________ Date: __________________________

STUDENT

I have read and agree to abide by the Student Network and Internet Acceptable Use and Safety Policy and Guidelines. I understand that any violation of the terms and conditions set forth in the Policy and Guidelines is inappropriate and may constitute a criminal offense. As a user of the Board’s computers/network and the internet, I agree to communicate over the internet and the Network in an appropriate manner, honoring all relevant laws, restrictions and guidelines.

Student’s Signature: __________________________________ Date: ________________________

Student Network and Internet Acceptable Policy Agreement:

As the parent/guardian of this student, I have read the Student Network and Internet Acceptable Use and Safety Policy and Guidelines, and have discussed them with my child. I understand that student access to the Internet is designed for educational purposes and that the Board has taken available precautions to restrict and/or control student access to material on the Internet that is obscene, objectionable, inappropriate and/or harmful to minors. However, I recognize that it is impossible for the Board to restrict access to all objectionable and/or controversial materials that may be found on the Internet. I will not hold the Board (or any of its employees, administrators or officers) responsible for materials my child may acquire or come in contact with while on the Internet. Additionally, I accept responsibility for communicating to my child guidance concerning his/her acceptable use of the Internet-i.e., setting and conveying standards for my daughter/son to follow when selecting, sharing and exploring information and resources on the Internet. I further understand that individuals and families may be liable for violations.

To the extent that proprietary rights in the design of a web site hosted on the Board’s servers would vest in my child upon creation, I agree to assign those rights to the Board.

The Board has implemented technology protection measures which block/filter Internet access to visual displays that are obscene, child pornography or harmful to minors. The Board also monitors online activity of students in an effort to restrict access to child pornography and other material that is obscene, objectionable, inappropriate and./or harmful to minors. Nevertheless, parents/guardians are advised that determined users may be able to gain access to information, communication and/or services on the Internet which the Board of Education has not authorized for educational purposes and/or which they and/or their parents. Guardians may find inappropriate, offensive, objectionable or controversial. Parents/Guardians assume this risk by consenting to allow their students to participate in the use of the Internet. Student’s accessing the Internet through the school’s computers assumes personal responsibility and liability, both civil and criminal, for unauthorized or inappropriate use of the internet.

The Board has the right to monitor, review and inspect any directories, files/and or messages residing on or sent using the Board’s computers/networks. Messages relating to or in support of illegal activities will be reported to the appropriate authorities.

Teachers and building principals are responsible for determining what is unauthorized or inappropriate use. The principal may deny, revoke or suspend access to the Network/Internet to individuals who violate the Board’s Student Network and Internet Acceptable Use and Safety Policy and related Guidelines and take such other disciplinary action as is appropriate pursuant to the Student Code of Conduct.