Irvine Unified School District
Administrative Regulation 4040b
District Web
Sites
Web Site Purpose, Content & Safety
Policy
Administrative Procedures & Checklist
for IUSD
Internet web pages and School Web Sites
- Regulation
- The IUSD Web Site is the property of the
district and is intended to be a closed forum. The district
maintains full authority to regulate and control content on the
web site. Members of the public shall not have the right to post
items on a district or school web site.
- All content and format shall be based on
district standards and require district or Principal approval
prior to posting.
- At the beginning of each school year,
parents/guardians and students shall receive a copy of the
district's Acceptable Use Policy.
- Purpose of the IUSD Web Site
- Inform the community (parents & students) about the
district and the schools
- Support parents, students and staff in their efforts on
behalf of children and students
- Curriculum Integration
- Student/School/Teacher/Parent Information
Exchange.
- Prohibited Web Access
- IUSD shall route all web access requests through
an Internet firewall designed to restrict access to web sites
that are deemed obscene, pornographic, or harmful to children.
Recognizing the dynamic nature of the world wide web, and the
virtual impossibility of maintaining an up-to-the-minute list,
the district shall regularly update the restricted web site
database in at least the following categories:
- Sexual Acts
- Illegal Gambling
- Militant Extremist
- Drug Culture
- Satanic Cult
- Intolerance
- Nudity
- Violence
- Chat
- Non-educational Games
- IUSD shall restrict access to
certain Web-based or Internet Services that are either
non-educational or adversely impact the operation of the system.
(Services
Blocked by IUSD)
- No web site or page shall provide access or include links
to:
- "undesirable" sites, (visual depictions that are obscene,
pornographic, or harmful to minors)
- pages that carry inappropriate or undesirable
advertisements (See Board
Policy #1325),
- pages that invite participation in undesirable activities,
e.g., violence, gambling, etc.
- sites that solicit student names, nor solicit student
responses to personal questions,
- personal web sites or pages,
- religious sites or sites with religious
overtones.
- Prohibited
Content
- All web sites must protect the privacy of
students and employees, therefore, web pages shall NOT include:
- advertisements (statements of support may be permitted;
check Board
Policy #1325)
- marketing of district individuals or materials
- political statements nor board candidate presence
- personal information about any student
- use of names of individuals except in directories or
acknowledgement
- pictures of students or groups of students or staff where
individuals can be recognized except with written
permission of parent and student or staff
- names of students with picture except with written
permission of parent
- student work except with written parent and student
permission
- full name of student with student work except with written
permission of parent; (first name only ok (instructor shall be
the contact))
- All web sites are designed to serve educational purposes,
therefore
- personal web sites will not be permitted on a
school or district server,
- web sites by organizations
outside the purview or control of the district will not be
permitted on the district server,
- personal information about staff members shall
be limited, for example, to a brief
biographical statement and a picture
- The use of a web site for fund-raising purposes requires
prior district approval
- Opinion statements or position papers shall be clearly
marked.
- Addresses / Domain Names
- District Internet Web Site: www.iusd.k12.ca.us
- District Intranet Web Site: intranet.iusd.k12.ca.us
- Reserved: iusd.org
- Schools Internet Web Sites Example:
www.iusd.k12.ca.us/ab/
- All domain names used for district or school web sites shall
be owned by the district.
- Purpose of IUSD Intranet
- Rapid access to useful information
- Simplify the conduct of school business
- Reduce time spent on routine tasks
See
also:
Administrative Procedures & Checklist for IUSD
Internet web pages and School Web Sites
Format
Guidelines for IUSD Internet web pages and School Web Sites
(Checklist)