Bedford County Board of Education has changed its meeting night to the third Thursday of each month at 6, effective Aug. 18.

Items on the agenda to be discussed Thursday night at the Central Office board room include the ESSER Public Plan and the SAVE Act 2022-2023. (See Saturday’s Times-Gazette for story.)

Other items of discussion include the use of the internet, which is policy 4.406. The current policy online reads as follows:

“The Board supports the right of staff and students to have reasonable access to various information formats and believes it incumbent upon staff and students to use this privilege in an appropriate and responsible manner. The purpose of this policy and the corresponding user agreements is to assure that users recognize the procedures which the school system imposes on their use of the Internet per stipulations of the Children’s Online Protection Act 47 USC Section 231 (COPPA), the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) as well as laws pertaining to stalking and harassment. A copy of this document as well as well as both employee and student user agreement’s can be found on the Bedford County system web site, http://www.bedfordk12tn.com.”

The policy also addresses use of the internet by school employees. The school superintendent is charged with developing, implementing and reviewing twice a year the procedures for appropriate and inappropriate internet use.

Students use, internet safety and security and networking are also portions of this school internet policy.