This document discusses several laws related to cyber safety and children's internet access, including the Communication Decency Act, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, and Children's Internet Protection Act. It outlines Melissa Independent School District's policies for internet filtering and monitoring student online activity in three tiers: direct supervision by teachers, indirect supervision by technology staff, and using internet content filters. The document provides examples of content categories that cannot be overridden and guidelines for appropriate use of override functions. It expresses Melissa ISD's commitment to exemplary cyber safety practices.

1. Cyber Safety Legal Responsibilities
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2. History Lesson
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Communication Decency Act (1996)
partially overturned in 1997
Child Online Protection Act (1998)
An injunction was placed on this law in 1998. The
injunction has been upheld in 1999, 2004, and
2007.
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (1998)
Children’s Internet Protection Act (2000)

3. Children’s Internet Protection Act
CIPA only effects entities that receive Federal E-
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funds.
Effected schools and libraries must:
provide protection measures that block access to
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adult-oriented materials on the Internet for minors
adopt and enact a policy that monitors the online
activities of minors
minors.
adopt and enforce a policy addressing minors
access to the Internet including electronic mail,
chat rooms, and other forms of direct electronic
communication. The policy must also prevent
access to “hacking” information and other
unlawful content.
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/cipa.html

4. Melissa ISD Board Policy (Internet Safety)
The Superintendent or designee shall develop and
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implement an Internet safety plan to:
1. Control students’ access to inappropriate materials, as
well as to materials that are harmful to minors;
2. Ensure student safety and security when using electronic
communications;
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3. Prevent unauthorized access, including hacking and
other unlawful activities; and
4. Restrict unauthorized disclosure, use, and dissemination
of personally identifiable information regarding
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students.

5. Melissa ISD Board Policy (
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Each District co pu e w Internet access shall have a
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filtering device or software that blocks access to visual
depictions that are obscene, pornographic, inappropriate
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federal Children’s Internet Protection Act and as
determined by the Superintendent or designee.
The Superintendent or designee shall enforce the use of
such filtering devices. Upon approval from the
Superintendent or designee, an administrator, supervisor,
or other authorized person may disable the filtering
device
de ice for bona fide research or other lawful p rpose
lawf l purpose.

6. Melissa ISD CIPA Implementation
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Melissa ISD has adopted a multi-tiered
method of protecting our students:
TIER 1: Direct Supervision
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TIER 2: Indirect Supervision
TIER 3: Internet Content Filter

7. Protecting our students
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• TIER 1: Direct Supervision
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of their students. This is one of the most
effective methods of preventing student
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access to inappropriate content on the
Internet.
Resnick, P. J., Hansen, D. L., & Richardson, C. R. (2004). Calculating error
rates for filtering software. Communications of the ACM, 47(9), 67-71.
47 U.S.C. 254(h)(5)(B)

8. Protecting our students
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• TIER 2: Indirect Supervision
Technology personnel will periodically
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monitor online activities through live Internet
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traffic t d fi w ll t ti logs.
Filter transaction logs will be provided to
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47 U.S.C. 254(h)(5)(B)

9. Protecting our students
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• TIER 3: Internet Content Filter
A CIPA compliant fil i appliance will
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attempt to prevent student access to
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47 U.S.C. 254(h)(5)(B), (C)

10. What do I look for?
Electronic Mail
Hotmail, Gmail, AOL
Instant Messaging
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MSN, Yahoo, or AOL Instant Messengers, Google Talk
Chatrooms
Chathouse, Teenchat
Social Networking
Myspace, Facebook, Xanga, Friendster, Orkut
Cell Phones

11. What do I say?
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When discussing online activities with students, tell
them:
Never respond to messages or emails that seem strange
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or unusual.
Never give out their name, address, telephone, school
name, parent’s name or any other personal information.
Never send pictures of themselves to anyone they do
not know offline.
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Never agree to meet face to face with someone they
have met online
online.

12. Overriding the filter
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There are several categories that cannot be overridden:
Adware
Child Pornography
Pornography/Adult C
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Peer-to-Peer/File Sharing
Security - which includes the following sub categories:
Malicious Code/Virus
Phishing
Bad Reputation Domains
Bot Net
Hacking
Spyware
Web-Based Proxies/Anonymizers

13. Overriding the filter
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Do not override the filter for student use.
Do not give out your override account information
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for bona fid research.
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Do contact technology immediately if you think your
override account has been compromised.

14. Melissa ISD C b Safety
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Melissa ISD will be the district that all others in Texas and beyond will emulate.