It is IPS policy that a student may not possess, view, send, or share pictures or text having sexual content while the student is on school grounds, at school sponsored events or on school buses or other vehicles provided by IPS. This policy strictly prohibits sexual material in electronic or any other form and includes but is not limited to the sexual material contained in a cellular telelphone, camera phone, or personal digital assistant and sexual material transmitted by text message, e-mail, or any electronic communication device. A student who violates this policy is subject to suspension or expulsion.
It is also a violation of Indiana criminal statutes to possess, create, photograph, exhibit, or disseminate certain categories of material of a sexual nature that meet the definitions of child exploitation or child pornography. School personnel are required to report to law enforcement or child protective services whenever there is reason to believe that any student or other person is involved with child exploitation or child pornography. A person who is convicted of child exploitation or adjudicated a juvenile delinquent for violating the child exploitation statute is required to register with the State of Indiana as a sex offender.
Students and parents need to be aware of the consequences - some of them life-altering - of having sexual material at school, including on your cell phone or other electronic communication device.
BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS, CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS
