Plainfield school board adopts internet-safety plan to meet CIPA requirements

The Plainfield Community School Corp. Board of Trustees on an approved voice vote adopted an internet-safety plan the district says meets federal Children—s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) requirements.

The vote followed a presentation by a district technology staff member, who said the plan layers three tools: a content filter the district identified in the meeting as "MoneyLives," a monitoring service called Gaggle that flags potentially harmful content and self-harm indicators, and ManagedMethods, which the presenter said detects suspicious sign-ins and protects district accounts. "It—s probably helped save lives and do a lot of things," the staff member said of the monitoring layer.

The plan was presented during the board—s internet-safety hearing, a routine annual requirement under CIPA. The presenter told the board the district uses the filtering product for staff and student web access and that the monitoring service forwards alerts to building principals. He also said ManagedMethods helps detect unauthorized or foreign sign-ins to district accounts.

The presenter also said the district has an updated board policy (referred to in the meeting as "board policy 300") tied to the plan and that internet-safety acknowledgments are part of student registration. There were no public comments at the hearing and no follow-up questions from the board before it voted to adopt the plan.

The board did not specify exact contract terms, vendor contract lengths, or per-student costs during the meeting. The presenter named the products used as reported at the hearing: MoneyLives, Gaggle, and ManagedMethods.

The board adopted the plan by voice vote; the motion and second were recorded but individual member votes were not named in the meeting transcript. The internet-safety plan will be included in district policy materials and the annual CIPA compliance documentation.