Legal Requirements

The federal Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) requires schools and libraries that get federally funded discounts on internet-related technologies to protect children from some internet content. SDUSD is required to have technology protective measures in place to:

• Protect minors from obscene or harmful internet content
• Monitor online activities of minors
• Prevent hacking and other unlawful activities by minors online
• Protect minors while using direct electronic communications like e-mail and chat rooms

Technology Protective Measures

• Google Workspace
  • Prevents access to some inappropriate websites for students logged into their SDUSD account.
  • Prevents access to inappropriate or unapproved Youtube videos.
  • Prevents student e-mail accounts from emailing unauthorized contacts.
• District firewall
  • Prevents access to obscene and harmful material and known malicious sites while on the SDUSD. campus and connected to the internet with a district or personal device other than a Chromebook equipped with Blocksi.
• Blocksi
  • Monitors and logs all browser activity on district-issued Chromebooks and Chrome browser on Windows or Apple devices when students are signed into the browser.
  • Blocks access to inappropriate sites.
  • Blocks access to some inappropriate direct-electronic communications channels.

Unblock Requests

If a website is blocked that a student needs access to as part of their educational program, they can request it be unblocked by asking a teacher or school administrator. Each school has the ability to allow specific websites or categories, provided that the district has not blocked the site or category and restricted it from being unblocked. If an administrator at a school determines that a restricted site needs to be unblocked, they should open a case with the ITSS helpdesk.