DISTRICT COMPUTER AND INTERNET CODE OF
CONDUCT
and
ACCEPTABLE USE AGREEMENT
Use of the School
District computer system and access to the Internet by students and staff of
Gallup McKinley County Schools shall be in support of education and research
that is consistent with the mission and curriculum of the district. Internet use is limited to those persons who
have been issued district-approved accounts.
Use will be in accordance with the District’s Acceptable Use Procedures
and this Code of Conduct. Users shall,
at a minimum, abide by the following:
1. Keep
confidential and protect all computer and Internet passwords, access codes or
logon information from disclosure to others.
2. Protect
your own privacy and that of other School District students and staff. Do not reveal your personal information (such
as address, phone numbers, or Social Security Numbers) or the personal
information of other students or staff.
3. Respect
the privacy of other users. Do not use
other users’ passwords. Unauthorized use
of passwords, access codes or other confidential account information may
subject the user(s) to discipline and to both civil and criminal liability.
4. Be
aware that the School District cannot guarantee the privacy of electronic mail
(e-mail). People who operate the system
do have access to all mail. Messages
relating to or in support of illegal activities may be reported to the
authorities.
5. Subscriptions
to listservs must be reported to a system
administrator. Prior approval for listservs is required for students.
6. Mail
listservs must be monitored daily and deleted from
the personal mail directory in order to avoid excessive consumption of file
server hard-disk space.
7. Be
ethical and courteous.
a) Do
not send hate, harassing or obscene mail, discriminatory remarks, or
demonstrate other antisocial behavior.
State law prohibits the use of electronic communications facilities to
send fraudulent, harassing, obscene indecent, profane, intimidating or other
unlawful messages. (See NMSA 1978 S. 30-45-1 et seq.)
b) Use
appropriate language. Do not swear, use
vulgarities or any other inappropriate language.
8. Maintain
the integrity of files and data. Do not
modify or copy files/data of other users without their consent.
9. Treat
information created by others as the private property of the creator. Respect copyrights. Software protected by copyright shall not be
copied except as licensed and stipulated by the copyright owner.
10. Use the
network in a way that does not disrupt its use by others.
11. Do not use
the Internet for commercial purposes.
Transmission of commercial or personal advertisements, solicitations,
promotions, destructive programs or other unauthorized use related to the
mission or curriculum of the School District is prohibited.
12. Do not
destroy, modify or abuse the hardware or software in any way. Users shall report any suspected abuse,
damage to equipment or tampering with files to the School District system
operators.
13. Do not
develop or pass on programs that harass other users or infiltrate a computer or
computing system and/or damage the software components of a computer or
computing system, such as viruses, worms, “chain” messages, global mailings,
ResEdit, etc. Do not “hack” the
system. Attempts to gain unauthorized
access to confidential information or private directories maintained by the
School District or to circumvent privacy protections on internal files or
non-public restricted files, accounts or directories of any external source is
a violation of this code of conduct, and may subject the user to civil or
criminal liability.
14. Do not use
the Internet to view, access download or process pornographic, obscene,
indecent, profane or otherwise inappropriate material.
15. Use of the
system to access games and use the computer time for game playing shall be
restricted solely to instances directed and monitored by instructional staff
and is limited to games, which address educational goals.
16. In addition
to disciplinary sanctions which the School District may impose upon students
and staff under applicable policies, codes of conduct or administrative
regulations, the District reserves the right to remove a user’s account and
deny use and access of the computer system if it is determined that the use is
engaged in unauthorized activity or is violating this code of conduct.
SIGNATURE PAGE
(Please return this page only)
GMCS
Acceptable Use Agreement
I understand and
will abide by the above District Computer and Internet Code of Conduct and
Acceptable Use Agreement. I further
understand that any violation of the regulations above is unethical and may
connote a criminal offense. Should I
commit any violation, my access privileges may be revoked, school disciplinary
action may be taken, and/or appropriate law enforcement authorities will be
notified.
User
Signature School
Please
return this agreement within 5 days of your actual hire date to your school
administrator.
Retain
pages 1 & 2 for your records.
Return
this page to your administrator.