Mechanicsburg Exempted Village School District
Bylaws & Policies
 

7542 - NETWORK ACCESS FROM PERSONALLY-OWNED COMPUTERS AND/OR OTHER WEB-ENABLED DEVICES

Board members, District employees, students, as well as contractors, vendors, agents, of the District may use their personal computers or web-enabled devices of any type to access the District's server and internal network while they are on-site at any District facility, provided the computers and web-enabled devices meets the established standards for equipment used to access said server and network, and the individual granted access complies, without exception, with the established standards for appropriate use of the District's server and network.

Connecting to the District's server and network shall be in accordance with standards established by the District. Access to the standards for connecting to the District's server and network using a personal computer or web-enabled device of any sort shall be provided upon request for all to whom this policy applies.

Establishment, and subsequent enforcement, of the standards is intended to minimize the District's potential exposure to damages, including, but not limited to, the loss of sensitive District data, illegal access to confidential data, damage to the District's intellectual property, damage to the District's public image, and damage to the District's critical internal systems, from unauthorized use.

Any Board member, employee, student, contractor, or vendor of the District who violates the established standards, who violates the District's Acceptable Use policy, or who accesses the server and network without authorization shall be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including expulsion, if a student, termination of employment if a District employee, denial of access if a Board member, or cancellation of the contract with the District if a contractor, vendor or agent. Further, the Board member, employee, student, contractor, or vendor of the District who violates the established standards or who violates the District's Acceptable Use policy may be denied access to the District's server and network in the future.