Technology Use

Technology USE Best Practice Policies 

 Availability of Access: For purposes of this policy, “technology resources” means all the

District’s electronic communication systems and electronic equip-ment, including, but not limited to, e-mails, text messaging sys-tems, internet access, the District’s intranet, and voice mail.

Access to the District’s technology resources, including the Inter-net, shall be made available to students, employees, and members of the community primarily for instructional and administrative pur-poses and in accordance with administrative regulations

Limited Personal Use: All users shall be prohibited from using the network resources for personal gain or commercial work.

Limited personal use of the District’s technology resources shall be permitted if the use:

  1. Imposes no tangible cost on the District;
  1. Does not unduly burden the District’s technology resources;
  1. Has no adverse effect on an employee’s job performance or on a student’s academic performance;
  1. Has no commercial purpose; and

Is limited in the same manner as personal use of the District’s voice telephone system. An employee shall not use technol-ogy resources for personal use while assigned to other duties.

Used by Members of The public:

For employee use of District technology equipment not issued to employees, see CMB(LOCAL).

Access to the District’s technology resources, including the Inter-net, shall be made available to members of the public, in accord-ance with administrative regulations. Such use shall be permitted so long as the use:

  1. Imposes no tangible cost on the District;
  1. Does not unduly burden the District’s technology resources;
  1. Does not hamper the primary mission of technology for Dis-trict students and staff; and
  1. Has no commercial purpose.

DENIAL OF ACCESS : Any user identified as a security risk, as having improperly used District technology resources, or as having violated District and/or campus acceptable use policies or administrative regulations may be denied access to District technology resources.