Law / United States / 
North Carolina
Internet safety policy for school-provided devices and internet services
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Governance, Access restriction
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are a local board of education, adopt a policy for student access to the internet on devices or internet services your unit provides that prevents access to websites, web applications, or software that do not protect against the disclosure, use, or dissemination of a student's personal information (G.S. 115C-102.12(4)).
- Include in that policy protection of the safety and security of students when they access email, chat rooms, and other forms of electronic communication, and a prohibition on unauthorized access by students to data or information the unit maintains (G.S. 115C-102.12(2) and (3)).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
The section requires a board to adopt an internet safety policy with listed content. It names no log, no record to keep, no retention period and no reader of a record.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Local boards of education must adopt policies for student access to the internet on devices or internet services provided by the local school administrative unit. The policies must prevent access to websites, web applications, or software that do not protect against the disclosure, use, or dissemination of a student's personal information. The policies must protect the safety and security of students when accessing email, chat rooms, and other forms of electronic communication.
The policies must prohibit unauthorized access by students to data or information maintained by the local school administrative unit, including by hacking and other unlawful online activities. Section 1 of Session Law 2025-38, which enacted the section, took effect when it became law, and local boards had to adopt the policies by . Section 1(a) of Session Law 2025-38 enacted the section as section 115C-102.10.
The General Statutes print it as section 115C-102.12 and give the number 115C-102.10 to a section on technology cost considerations that Session Law 2025-46 enacted. The Governor approved Session Law 2025-38 on .
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