Dougherty County board adopts updated Internet acceptable-use rule and governance policy
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Summary
The board approved updates to the district's Internet acceptable-use policy (including social-media language required under state law) and separately approved the updated BAB school board governance policy; both items were presented by Dr. Phyllis Finley and passed by voice votes.
Dr. Phyllis Finley presented updated language for two district policies — BAB (school board governance) and the Internet acceptable-use policy — and the Dougherty County School Board approved both items by voice vote during the April 13 meeting.
Dr. Phyllis Finley said the BAB governance updates align the board policy with the district's strategic-plan core beliefs and that the Internet acceptable-use policy now includes social-media language required by state law. "Senate bill 381 requires us to have language that speaks to social media," Finley said, describing the blue (new) and red (removed) language in the packet.
Board members moved and seconded approval of the Internet acceptable-use policy and later separately approved the BAB governance policy. The chair called the voice votes and announced the motions carried with "Aye" responses; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.
A board member explained the two policies had been presented in prior months (September and October) and that the updates had been stewarded by a steering committee of staff and community stakeholders. The board pulled the governance policy BAB out of the consent package to consider it separately and approved both policies after discussion.
The changes to the Internet acceptable-use policy explicitly address student use of district devices and network resources in light of social-media provisions required by state legislation, and the BAB governance update reflects the board's updated core beliefs as incorporated into the strategic plan.
Board members directed staff and will continue to monitor implementation; no additional budgetary changes for these policy adoptions were recorded in the transcript.
