Student well-being and safety is paramount and the safe use of our network is the responsibility of LUSD.  The District is making every effort to ensure the safety of all students and part of that effort is to provide students and staff with a safe and secure environment for teaching and learning.  The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) are federal laws enacted by Congress that determine how the Internet is accessed and used at LUSD.

CIPA

The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) (20 U.S.C. 6801) requires schools to have technology protection measures in place that block or filter Internet content and a safety policy addressing the behavior of minors when using the Internet.  (Additional information is available at http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/cipa.html)

FERPA

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. 1232) protects the privacy of student education records.  FERPA gives parents and students specific rights concerning the disclosure of education records.  (Additional information about FERPA is available at http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html)

• Visit web sites that you know are safe.
• Do not provide personal information.
• Do not communicate with strangers.
• Do not share your password.  Create and use passwords that are easy to remember but hard to guess.
• Do not post pictures of yourself online and cautious of what information is posted online.
• Do not click on "pop-ups."
• Tell an adult if you experience cyberbullying.  Be honest.

For Parents

• Teach your children to come to you if anything makes them feel uncomfortable.
• STAY INFORMED - Know what's going on online. 
• KEEP PERSONAL INFORMATION PRIVATE - Never give out personal information online. Kids should not give their address, phone number, name, school name, etc., to a stranger on the phone, nor should they give it online.
• USE PARENTAL CONTROL TOOLS AS APPROPRIATE - There are several software solutions to keep kids out of web sites with inappropriate content.

• Disney's Surf Swell Island - Adventure games. (Grades 2-6)
• PBS Kids Web License - Learn the web's "Rules of the Road". (Grades 2-6)
• Doug's Safe Surfing Tips - 33 easy to understand safe surfing tips for students. (Grades K-4)
• NetSmartz What 2 Do On the Web - Interactive activites. (Grades 4-8)
• http://www.getnetwise.org is a public service brought by Internet industry corporations and public interest organizations to help ensure that Internet users have safe, constructive, and educational or entertaining online experiences. The GetNetWise coalition wants Internet users to be just one click away from the resources they need to make informed decisions about their and their family's use of the Internet.
• Disney's CyberNetiquette Comix - Interactive comic on email and computer viruses. (Grades K-3)
• http://www.wiredsafety.org Internet safety, help and education resource.
• http://www.childnet-int.org A non-profit organization working with others to “help make the Internet a great and safe place for children”.
• http://www.staysafeonline.info Sponsored by the National Cyber Security Alliance. Through collaboration with the government, corporate, non-profit and academic sectors, the mission of the NCSA is to create a culture of cyber security and safety awareness by providing the knowledge and tools necessary to prevent cyber crime and attacks.
• Websites for parents, teens, experts, everybody to discuss safe use of resources on the Web.  These sites are operated by journalist Larry Magid.
  • http://www.connectsafely.org
  • http://www.safekids.com
  • http://www.safeteens.com