Lack of Supervision - Students who intentionally access unauthorized sites in violation of the school's acceptable use policy may be putting the school at risk despite the policy. Parents may litigate on the grounds that the student was not adequately supervised.

Students left alone to work on the school's computer system (e.g. the library or computer lab) for substantial periods of time may be considered inadequately supervised. Schools that have decided to forego content filters and rely on a student honor system coupled with strong teacher supervision must be particularly rigorous in this area. There have been numerous incidents of poorly supervised students getting unauthorized access to confidential files and/or accessing inappropriate material from the Internet.

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