BCPS+AUP


 * Baltimore County Public Schools' AUP for 2010-2011 **

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY FOR STUDENTS

Students shall: √ Use telecommunications for educational purposes only. √ Communicate with others in a courteous and respectful manner. √ Maintain the privacy of an individual’s personal information such as address, phone number, password(s), and respect the same privacy of others. √ Use only telecommunication accounts and passwords provided by BCPS. √ Report any incident of harassment to the supervising employee. √ Comply with copyright laws and intellectual property rights of others. √ Agree to the review of communications, data, and files by the Baltimore County Public Schools. √ Report violations of this Telecommunications Acceptable Use Policy to the supervising employee.

Students shall not: X Knowingly enter unauthorized computer networks or software to tamper with or destroy data. X Bypass the school system’s filtering server. X Access or distribute abusive, harassing, bullying, libelous, obscene, offensive, profane, pornographic, threatening, sexually explicit, or illegal material. X Install unauthorized software on computers. X Use telecommunications for commercial, purchasing, or illegal purposes. X Connect personal telecommunications hardware, such as laptops or PDAs, to the BCPS network. X Use telecommunications in any other manner that would violate the school board’s disciplinary policies.

The student handbook can be reviewed online.

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