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Findings 5 findings
F01
Merging the school and Foundation websites is a violation of the SDUSD Staff Social Media Guidelines which states “Authorized school websites shall maintain a clear separation from the website of their school Foundation or Parent-Teacher group”.6 Fact: Some schools have their Foundations pay for and maintain the schools’ only websites, with links to the schools programs. Fact: At least one school’s Foundation paid $4200 per year for the website and maintenance and charged back $2100 per year to the ASB.
F02
A school’s ASB payment of expenses incurred by a Parent-Teacher organization is in direct violation of the ASB Accounting Manual, Fraud Prevention Guide, and Desk Reference 2012.7 Fact: Some school Foundations are selling advertising on the school websites to private companies and retaining the funds so generated. Fact: Neither the school administrators nor the District exercise oversight or control over the company or the content of the advertisements on the school’s websites when they jointly serve both the school and its Foundation. Fact: Some schools place no specific criteria or restrictions on anyone advertising on their school websites.
F03
Allowing advertisement without oversight may be in violation of the CIPA 47 U.S.C.§254(l)(1)(A)(iii)8 which places controls on what may be placed on the internet, if a school is subject to CIPA for receiving the E-rate discount .9 Fact: Some advertisers ask for students’ personal and family information in order to expand their market.
F04
Asking for students’ personal and family information is in violation of Federal CIPA law. 6SDUSD Staff Social Media Guidelines, http://www.sandi.net/cms/lib/CA01001235/Centricity/Domain/402/social-media-guidelines.pdf 7 ASB Accounting Manual Fraud Prevention Guide Chapter 14 Allowable and Questionable Expenses http://www.sandi.net/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=58965&dataid=58581&FileName =ASBManual2012finalprint.pdf 8 CIPA; http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2009-title47/pdf/USCODE-2009-title47-chap5- subchapII-partII-sec254.pdf 9 Only schools and libraries receiving the E-rate discounted internet access are subject to CIPA 4 Fact: In response to the alarming rise of children being harassed, bullied and even driven to suicide through social media, the District has created a “Facts for Parents Handbook” addressing these issues to be disseminated among the student population. Fact: Some schools have kept no record of having distributed the Parent Handbook.
F05
There is no present policy in practice to verify if students and a parent are being provided the necessary admonitions in the Parent Handbooks.
Recommendations 7
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14-16Page 5Make mandatory that all schools in the District have their websites on
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14-17Page 5Allow Foundations to have only a link from the school's website to
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14-18Page 5Restrict advertising sold by Foundations to their own website and not
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14-19Page 5Ensure that no expense or cost incurred by the Foundations should be
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14-20Page 5Ensure that advertisers and the contents of their advertising on a
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14-21Page 5Mandate a policy of requiring parents and students to sign an
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14-22Page 5Address the issue of social media in the District's website under the
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