CONTENT FILTER PRESENTATION

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CONTENT FILTER PRESENTATION
RINET

• Any school or library that receives discounted
  rates for Internet access, Internet service or
  internal connections under the E-Rate program,
  or receives funding through the Library Services
  Technology Act or Title III of the Elementary
  and Secondary Education Act, in order to purchase
  computers used to access the Internet, or to pay
  for direct costs associated with accessing the
  Internet, must comply with the Childrens
  Internet Protection Act (CIPA). Additionally,
  libraries and schools that receive E-Rate support
  must also comply with the Neighborhood Childrens
  Internet Protection Act (N-CIPA), which requires
  the adoption of very detailed Internet Safety
  Policies.

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Overview

• Schools need an Internet Safety Policy
• Procedures include public notice and/or meetings
  with the LEA or school administration entity
  responsible.
  
• Requirements (other than filtering) must address
  access to appropriate materials, safety and
  security using e-communications, hacking, and
  unauthorized disclosure of identification
  regarding minors. Pg 4 sec b
• Inappropriate material and harmful to minors
  clauses require LOCAL efforts to apply measures
  which go beyond filtering. These might include
  determinations of prurient interests, offensive
  depictions of sex, or a lack of serious literary,
  political, artistic or scientific value to
  minors.
• Specific technology that blocks or filters
  Internet Access to specified material. Pg 6 sec 3

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Further limits for E-rate

• E-Rate requirements are more strict.
• It is not legal to provide on-the-spot override
  of a web site which is wrongly blocked. It must
  be processed by the company. Pg 8 pa 2
  
• When adults use school or library computers, the
  administrator MAY disable the software. There are
  no requirements for honoring a bona fide request.
  Pg 8 pa 3
• Filtering is not limited to visual depictions.
  (Pg6 fn22)
  
• E-RATE currently does not pay for Internet
  Filtering software, but . . .
  
• Schools must certify they are either filtering or
  undertaking actions. (10/28/01)

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Deadlines

• Certification by 10/28/01 for E-rate (yr 4)
• Already filtering or undertaking actions.
• Certification by application period of E-rate
  (yr 5 1/15/02) that district/school/library is
  filtering.
  
• Waivers only for bidding or procurement
  problems.
  
• Certification by application period of E-rate
  (yr 6 1/15/03) that district/school/library is
  filtering.
  
• NO waivers
• Failure to comply makes the school ineligible for
  E-rate
  

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Compliance

• The FCC has indicated it will rely on check-off
  certifications.
  
• USDOE is allowed to enter into compliance
  agreements and to apply criminal penalties for
  fraudulent information.