Schools To Police Student E-mail & IM?
By August 1, 2006, each school district shall amend its harassment, intimidation, and bullying prevention policy...The policy shall clarify that acts of bullying, harassment, or intimidation that are conducted via electronic means need not occur during school hours, occur on school property, or involve school computers as long as the incident has an impact on the student or educational environment....If a school district has internet use policies, the act of bullying, harassing, or intimidating another student via online means shall be included as a prohibited act and be subject to disciplinary action. ...As used in this section, "electronic" or "electronic means" means any communication where there is the transmission of information by wire, radio, optical cable, electromagnetic, or other similar means. "Electronic" and "electronic means" include, but are not limited to, communication via electronic mail, internet-based communications, pager service, cell phones, and electronic text messaging.The above is from Washington State Legislator. The blog Sound Politics notes that the bill was sponsored by three Democrats and a single Republican. I'd just like to take this opportunity to remind the audience that the left supports freedom of controversial and unpopular speech, so long as that speech equates Bush with Hitler. For normal speech between sane students, however, the legislature seems to think that government regulation is no big deal and that "cyberinsults" should be dealt with by police and school administrators rather than parents and an email filter. |
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