4.29F—STUDENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND INTERNET USE AGREEMENT

The Warren School District agrees to allow the student identified above (“Student”) to use the district’s technology to access the Internet under the following terms and conditions which apply whether the access is through a District or student-owned electronic device (as used in this Agreement, “electronic device” means anything that can be used to transmit or capture images, sound, or data):

1. Conditional Privilege: The Student’s use of the district’s access to the Internet is a privilege conditioned on the Student’s abiding by this agreement. No student may use the district’s access to the Internet whether through a District or student-owned electronic device unless the Student and his/her parent or guardian have read and signed this agreement.

2. Acceptable Use: The Student agrees that he/she will use the District’s Internet access for educational purposes only.  In using the Internet, the Student agrees to obey all federal and state laws and regulations. The Student also agrees to abide by any Internet use rules instituted at the Student’s school or class, whether those rules are written or oral.  

3. Penalties for Improper Use: If the Student violates this agreement and misuses the Internet, the Student shall be subject to disciplinary action.  Any violations of this Policy may result in loss of access as well as other possible disciplinary and/or legal actions.  Any disciplinary action taken will be in accordance with the Student Policy Handbook and at the discretion of the Building Principal.

4. “Misuse of the District’s access to the Internet” includes, but is not limited to, the following:
a. using the Internet for other than educational purposes;
b. gaining intentional access or maintaining access to materials which are “harmful to minors” as defined by
        Arkansas law;
c. using the Internet for any illegal activity, including computer hacking and copyright or intellectual property
        law violations;
d. making unauthorized copies of software;
e. accessing “chat lines” unless authorized by the instructor for a class activity directly supervised by a staff
        member;
f. using abusive or profane language in private messages on the system; or using the system to harass, insult,
       or verbally attack others;
g. posting anonymous messages on the system;
h. using encryption software;
i. wasteful use of limited resources provided by the school;
j. causing congestion of the network through lengthy downloads of files;
k. vandalizing data of another user;
l. obtaining or sending information which could be used to make destructive devices such as guns, weapons,
       bombs,  explosives, or fireworks;
m. gaining or attempting to gain unauthorized access to resources or files;
n. identifying oneself with another person’s name or password or using an account or password of another
        user without proper authorization;
o. invading the privacy of individuals;
p. divulging personally identifying information about himself/herself or anyone else either on the Internet or in
       an email.. Personally identifying information includes full names, address, and phone number;
q. using the network for financial or commercial gain without district permission;
r. theft or vandalism of data, equipment, or intellectual property;
s. attempting to gain access or gaining access to student records, grades, or files;
t. introducing a virus to, or otherwise improperly tampering with the system;
u. degrading or disrupting equipment or system performance;
v. creating a web page or associating a web page with the school or school district without proper
        authorization;
w. providing access to the District’s Internet Access to unauthorized individuals;
x. failing to obey school or classroom Internet use rules; or
y. taking part in any activity related to Internet use which creates a clear and present danger of the substantial
        disruption of the orderly operation of the district or any of its schools;
z. installing or downloading software on district computers without prior approval of technology director or
        his/her designee.

5. Liability for debts: Students and their co-signers shall be liable for any and all costs (debts) incurred through the student’s use of the computers or access to the Internet including penalties for copyright violations.

6. No Expectation of Privacy: The Student and parent/guardian signing below agree that if the Student uses the Internet through the District’s access, that the Student waives any right to privacy the Student may have for such use. The Student and the parent/guardian agree that the district may monitor the Student’s use of the District’s Internet Access and may also examine all system activities the Student participates in, including but not limited to email, voice, and video transmissions, to ensure proper use of the system. The
District may share such transmissions with the Student’s parents/guardians.

7. No Guarantees: The District will make good faith efforts to protect children from improper or harmful matters which may be on the Internet. Even though the District uses a filtering system, either by itself or in combination with Arkansas Department of Information Systems (DIS), to block as many of the sites as possible, no filtering system is capable of blocking 100% of the inappropriate, obscene, or potentially harmful material available on the Internet.  At the same time, in signing this agreement, the parent and Student recognize that the District makes no guarantees about preventing improper access to such materials on the part of the Student.

8. Signatures: We, the persons who have signed below, have read this agreement and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement.