| Northern Buckeye Education Council |
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7540.02 - COUNCIL WEB PAGE
The Board of Directors authorizes employees of the Council to create web pages/sites that will be hosted on the Board's servers and published on the Internet. The web pages/sites must reflect the professional image of the Council, its employees, and customers. The content of all pages must be consistent with the Council's Mission Statement and staff-created web pages/sites are subject to prior review and approval of the Executive Director or designee.
The purpose of web pages/sites hosted on the Board's servers is to educate, inform, and communicate. The following criteria shall be used to guide the development of such web pages/sites:
| A. | Educate | |
| Content should be suitable for and usable by students and teachers to support Council’s objectives as listed in the Council's Strategic Plan. | ||
| B. | Inform | |
| Content may inform the community about the Council, staff, or departments, including information about curriculum, events, projects, activities, and departmental policies. | ||
| C. | Communicate | |
| Content may communicate information about the plans, policies and operations of the Council to members of the public and other persons who may be affected by Council matters. |
The information contained on the Board's web site should reflect and support the Council's Mission Statement and Educational Philosophy.
All links included on web pages must also meet the above criteria and comply with State and Federal law (e.g. copyright laws, Children’s Internet Protection Act, ADA).
Under no circumstances is a web site to be used for commercial purposes advertising, political lobbying or to provide financial gains for any individual. Included in this prohibition is the fact no web pages contained on the Council’s web site may: (1) include statements or other items that support or oppose a candidate for public office, the investigation, prosecution or recall of a public official, or passage of a tax levy or bond issue; (2) link to a web site of another organization if the other web site includes such a message; or (3) communicate information that supports or opposes any labor organization or any action by, on behalf of, or against any labor organization.
If an employee creates a web page/site related to the Council, it must be hosted on the Board's server.
Pages should reflect an understanding that both internal and external audiences will be viewing the information.
Council web sites must be located on Council-affiliated servers.
The Executive Director shall prepare administrative guidelines defining the rules and standards applicable to the use of the Board's web site and the creation of web pages/sites by staff.
The Council retains all proprietary rights related to the design of web sites and/or pages that are hosted on the Board’s servers, absent written agreement to the contrary.
Students who want their class work to be displayed on the Board’s web site must have written parent permission and expressly license its display without cost to the Council.
Prior written parental permission is necessary for a student to be identified by name on the Council’s web site.
R.C. 9.03
O.A.G. Opinion No. 2002-01
Revised 6/23/03
Revised 6/22/09