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6-21-107. Official computer use policy — Definitions.
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6-21-107. Official computer use policy — Definitions.
(a)(1) The board of directors of each school district in this state shall develop and adopt a written policy concerning student and staff use of computers owned by the school district.
(2) The written policy shall state that a system to prevent computer users from accessing material harmful to minors shall be established and maintained for all public access computers in the school district. The policy shall be implemented by August 1, 2001.
(b) The written policy shall include provisions for administration of punishment of students for violations of the policy with stiffer penalties for repeat offenders, and the same shall be incorporated into the school district's written student discipline policy.
(c) Students shall sign a computer-use agreement form outlining proper and improper use of public access computers before being allowed to access the computer equipment.
(d) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Harmful to minors” has the same meaning as prescribed in § 5-68-501; and
(2) “Public access computer” means a computer that:
(A) Is located in a public school or public library;
(B) Is accessible by a minor; and
(C) Is connected to any computer communication system such as, but not limited to, what is commonly known as the internet.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-21-107
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6-21-107. Official computer use policy — Definitions.
(a)(1) The board of directors of each school district in this state shall develop and adopt a written policy concerning student and staff use of computers owned by the school district.
(2) The written policy shall state that a system to prevent computer users from accessing material harmful to minors shall be established and maintained for all public access computers in the school district. The policy shall be implemented by August 1, 2001.
(b) The written policy shall include provisions for administration of punishment of students for violations of the policy with stiffer penalties for repeat offenders, and the same shall be incorporated into the school district's written student discipline policy.
(c) Students shall sign a computer-use agreement form outlining proper and improper use of public access computers before being allowed to access the computer equipment.
(d) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Harmful to minors” has the same meaning as prescribed in § 5-68-501; and
(2) “Public access computer” means a computer that:
(A) Is located in a public school or public library;
(B) Is accessible by a minor; and
(C) Is connected to any computer communication system such as, but not limited to, what is commonly known as the internet.
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5-68-501. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “CD-ROM” means a compact disk that:
(A) Has the capacity to store graphic, audio, video, and written material; and
(B) May be used by a computer or other device to play or display material harmful to minors;
(2) “Harmful to minors” means that quality of any description, exhibition, presentation, or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse, when the material or performance, taken as a whole, has the following characteristics:
(A) The average person eighteen (18) years of age or older applying contemporary community standards would find that the material or performance has a predominant tendency to appeal to a prurient interest in sex to minors;
(B) The average person eighteen (18) years of age or older applying contemporary community standards would find that the material or performance depicts or describes nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse in a manner that is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community with respect to what is suitable for minors; and
(C) The material or performance lacks serious literary, scientific, medical, artistic, or political value for minors;
(3) “Knowingly” means having general knowledge of, or reason to know, or a belief or ground for belief that warrants further inspection or inquiry of both:
(A) The character and content of any material described in this section that is reasonably susceptible to examination by the defendant; and
(B)(i) The age of the minor.
(ii) However, an honest mistake constitutes an excuse from liability under this section if the defendant made a reasonable bona fide attempt to ascertain the age of the minor;
(4) “Magnetic di
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-68-501
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 5-68-501. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.