The following are four examples of Acceptable Use Policies. These samples may be used to guide you in writing a policy for your school or district. It is important to have the signatures of the student and the parents or guardians on an "Acceptable Use Policy" before the students are granted permission to access the web. 

This information on developing a school or district "Acceptable Use Policy" for Student and Staff Access to the Internet is provided by:

Clancy J. Wolf, Ed. D. 
Educational Technology Coordinator
Olympic Educational Service District 114
Bremerton, Washington

Example 1 - Selma Middle School, Selma, Indiana
Example 2 - Northville Public Schools (Michigan)
Example 3 - Waiakea Intermediate School, Hilo, Hawaii
Example 4 - Exemplary School District (Recommended by the author)

Additional information about these policies and their use can be found at:

Developing a School or District "Acceptable Use Policy" for Student and Staff Access to the Internet

The following is a list of web sites with additional samples of acceptable use policies and ways in which they can be implemented in your school. The last web site listed is a template which may be used as a guide in the creation of a policy for your school or district.

Acceptable Use Policies
gopher://panesu.esu14.k12.ne.us:70/11/Ethics/

Acceptable Use Policy for the Exploration and 
Utilization of the Internet in Dade County
http://dcps.dade.k12.fl.us/www/inst/aup.html

Creating an Acceptable Use Policy for School Online Systems
http://www.asset.asu.edu/accepuse.htm

FIRN Acceptable Use Policy
http://www.firn.edu/firn-use-policy.html

TENET AUP & Other Samples and Resources
http://www.tenet.edu/tenet-info/accept.html

Web66: Part of U of MN Mustang Project
http://mustang.coled.umn.edu/Started/use/Acceptableuse.html

Internet Acceptable Use Policy Template
http://www.itrc.ucf.edu/WORKSHOPS/Telecom2/AUP_template.html