Descriptor code: 4.407
Issued Date: 05/11/00
Web Pages
Macon
County Board of Education
CONTENT STANDARDS
In order to take advantage of the opportunities the Internet
provides, the Board authorizes the creation of school and/or district web pages
on the Internet. Only those web pages maintained in accordance with Board
policy and established procedures shall be recognized as official
representations of the district or individual schools. All information on a
school or district web page must accurately reflect the mission, goals,
policies, program and activities of the school and district. The web page must
have a purpose which falls within at least one of three categories:
1.
Support of curriculum and instruction - intended to provide links
to Internet resources for students, parents, and staff in the district;
2.
Public information -intended to communicate information about the
schools and district to students, staff, parents, community and the world at
large; and
3.
District technology support -intended to provide and respond to
instructional and administrative technology needs of students and staff.
All material on a school web
site shall be either original to the school, in the public domain or posted with
the express permission of its rightful owner. This includes, but is not limited
to, text, graphics, pictures, video, sounds, music, characters, logos and
trademarks. Web page publications shall follow all applicable copyright laws and
guidelines.
Web sites developed under
contract for the school district or within the scope of employment by district
employees are the property of the school district.
PRIVACY STANDARDS
1.
Because Internet publications are available to the entire world,
special care shall be taken to protect the privacy of students and staff. Web
pages may not include personally identifying information regarding a student'
such as: telephone numbers, addresses, names of other family members, names of
friends, e-mail addresses, specific location of a student at any given time,
grades or any other academic information. No confidential information shall be
published on or linked to the web site.
2.
Student work may be published on web pages only with written
consent of the student's parent/guardian or the eligible student before each
incident of publication. The authoring student shall also sign a copyright
consent form.
3.
Links to student e-mail accounts are prohibited.
4.
Pictures of students may be included only under the following
conditions:
*Individual student pictures may be published on the web site only with
written consent of the student's parent/guardian or eligible student.
*Pictures of groups of students involved in a school-related activity may
be published without consent; however, the students shall only be identified by
the group name.
*Students shall not be individually identified in pictures unless there
is a special reason for doing so, such as recognition for receiving an award. In
such cases, the student's parent/guardian or eligible student must give written
consent.
ADVERTISING/SPONSORSHIPS
Any use of advertising or sponsorships that appears on a school web
site must be approved by the school web administrator, the principal or the
director of schools/designee. Guidelines for approval shall be established by
the director of schools/designee and must be consistent with the board's
policies and guidelines used in other school and district publications.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
The director of schools shall develop administrative procedures for
development of web pages including content, quality and consistency standards
and shall designate an individual(s) to be responsible for maintaining the
official district web page and monitoring all district web page activity. A
building principal shall make such designation for an individual school.
Schools or departments who wish to publish a web page must identify the
webmaster's name, e-mail address and phone number on the web page.
CONCERNS/COMPLAINTS
As with any instructional materials or publication used by or
representing the school or district, the building principal or director of
schools, respectively, is ultimately responsible for accuracy and
appropriateness of the information made available on the web site. Concern
about the content of any page(s) created by students or staff should be directed
to the building principal or the director of schools' office when related to the
district web site. If the concern is not resolved, persons who wish to file a
formal complaint shall submit a written request for reconsideration of
instructional material.
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Legal
Reference:
Cross References:
1. 20 U.S.C.A. 1232 g (a)(5)(A)(B)
Reconsideration of
Instructional Materials 4.403
Use of Copyrighted Materials 4.404
Employee-Developed Materials 4.405
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