R277-495-2. Definitions

  (1) "Acceptable use policy" means a document stipulating constraints and practices that a user shall accept prior to a user accessing an LEA's, or any school within an LEA's, network or the Internet.

  (2) "Electronic device" means a device that is used for audio, video, or text communication or any other type of computer or computer-like instrument including:

  (a) a smart phone;

  (b) a smart or electronic watch;

  (c) a tablet; or

  (d) a virtual reality device.

  (3) "Guest" means an individual:

  (a) who is not a student, employee, or designated volunteer of a public school; and

  (b) who is on school property or at the site of a school-sponsored activity or event.

  (4) "Inappropriate matter" means pornographic or indecent material as defined in Subsection 76-10-1253(1)(a).

  (5) "LEA" includes for purposes of this rule, the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.

  (6) "LEA-owned electronic device" means a device that is used for audio, video, text communication, or other type of computer or computer-like instrument that is identified as being owned, provided, issued or lent by the LEA to a student or employee.

  (7) "Policy" means an electronic device use policy as required by this rule that contains:

  (a) permissible uses of an electronic device under certain circumstances; or

  (b) restricted uses of an electronic devices under certain circumstances.

  (8) "Privately-owned electronic device" means a device, including an electronic device that is used for audio, video, text communication, or other type of computer or computer-like instrument that is not owned or issued by the LEA to a student, or employee.

  (9) "Public school" means a school or public school program, grades kindergarten through 12, that is part of the Utah public school system, including a school with a distance learning program or alternative program.

  (10) "Student," for purposes of this rule, means an individual enrolled as a student at an LEA regardless of the part-time nature of the enrollment or the age of the individual.

  (11)(a) "The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)" means federal regulations enacted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and administrated by the Schools and Libraries Division of the FCC.

  (b) CIPA and companion laws, the Neighborhood Children's Internet Protection Act (NCIPA) and the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act, require recipients of federal technology funds to comply with certain Internet filtering and policy requirements.

  (12) "Utah Education Telehealth Network or UETN" means the Utah Education and Telehealth Network created in Section 53B-17-105.