Sample Administrative Policies

The OPEN Clearinghouse is pleased to make available to Oregon K-12 public school districts, two sample Internet policies. Additionally, a valuable analysis, A Legal and Educational Analysis of K-12 Internet Acceptable Use Policies is worth reviewing prior to development of an AUP.

Willard Policy

These sample documents were co-developed under contract with Ms. Nancy Willard and a license to all Oregon public school districts to use the K-12 Internet Use Policy templates developed by Willard has been purchased by OPEN. The term "use" includes the right to reproduce, modify, and distribute within the district. This license encompasses all Internet use policy templates currently developed by Willard and any updates. The license does not include additional supplementary education materials that may be produced by Willard. These documents were specifically developed to address the legal, ethical, educational, and management needs of districts using the Internet through OPEN.

The following documents are included:

ESD Internet Policy
Board Internet Policy
Acceptable Use Policy
Web Policy
Student Internet Policy Handbook
Parent/Guardian Letter
Student Internet Account Agreement
Guest Internet Account Agreement

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OSBA Policy

This sample policy and administrative regulation are provided by the Oregon School Boards Association as examples of the many policies available from this organization.

This material includes:

Board Policy (with legal references and bibliography)

Administrative Regulation

General District Responsibilities
System Access
General Use Prohibition/Guidelines/Etiquette
Violations/Consequences
Telephone/Membership/Other Charges
Information Content/Third Party Supplied Information
Sample Parent Letter
Student Agreement for an Electronic Communication System Account
Agreement for an Electronic communication System Account

Attention:

These samples are intended to provide a basis for drafting policy which meets the needs of the local school district. The samples should always be considered as open to modification. Rarely does one policy statement reflect the needs and concerns of all districts. The information and sample policies on this Web site do not constitute legal advice.

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Download Policies

For your convenience, you may download a Rich Text Formatted document which contains all of the text of both the Willard and the OSBA policies without World Wide Web formatting.

Download Sample Policies Now (RTF)

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