1.     The Board will not use electronic communications as a substitute for deliberations or voting at Board meetings or for other communications or business properly confined to Board meetings. "Deliberation" is defined as the receipt or exchange of information or opinion relating to a decision, but shall not include informal or impromptu discussions of a general nature which do not specifically relate to a matter then pending before the public agency for decision. 
    

2.     Board members will be aware that electronic communications received or prepared for use in Board business or containing information relating to Board business, regardless of whether sent or received on a school-owned device or personally-owned device, may be regarded as public records, which may be inspected by any person upon request, unless otherwise determined to be exempt from disclosure. Additionally, if a Board Member uses a school-owned device for personal purposes, such communications may also be subject to production in a public records request. For this reason, Board Members are strongly discouraged from using Charter School technology for any personal purpose. 
 

3.     Board members will note that individual postings made to social media sites should be considered carefully in light of how they would reflect on the poster, the Board of Directors, and the Charter School. Further, such postings could be used as evidence that an individual Board Member is biased and should be excluded from decision-making when matters of due process, such as personnel matters or student hearings, are at issue. Opinions expressed on a social networking website have the potential to be disseminated far beyond the speaker’s desire or intention, and could undermine public perception of the individual’s fitness to serve students’ interests. Individual Board member postings are an act of the individual and are not an act of the Board. 

4.     Board members will comply with the same standards as school employees with regard to confidential information and security measures taken when sending it electronically. 
  

5.     Board members shall refrain from downloading or using the TikTok app or visiting the TikTok website on any School-provided device or while connected to the School’s network. If TikTok has already been downloaded onto a device issued to a Board member by the School, the Board member shall delete the app or seek School assistance in deleting it.

1.     In support of education and/or research, and in furtherance of the School’s stated educational goals; or

2.     For a legitimate school business purpose.