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Child Internet Protection Act, E-rate Form 479

E-Rate applicants must enforce a policy of Internet safety and certify compliance with the purpose of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) to be eligible for E-Rate discounts for services other than basic telephone service. Each year UEN is required to collect an E-Rate Form 479 from every school district and consortium member on file in order to remain CIPA compliant.

Please print the CIPA form below, filling out pages one and two.

For first year E-Rate filers only: If this is your first E-Rate filing year, and you have not yet met all of the CIPA requirements, please check box 6.b., indicating that you are undertaking actions to comply with the requirements of CIPA for the next funding year. Please refer to the USAC's website for detailed CIPA compliance measures. In addition, we have a handy CIPA Policy Compliance Checklist below for your convenience.

If you are beyond your first E-Rate filing year, and you have met all of the CIPA requirements (see CIPA Policy Compliance Checklist below) check box 6. a. on page two.

Please be sure to sign and date your CIPA form. You may send your CIPA form via email, fax or traditional postal service mail to:

Melinda Brereton
E-rate Program Administrator
Utah Education Network
101 Wasatch Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
801-581-6539 - Phone
801-581-8904 - Fax
801-541-9769 - Cell
mbrereton@media.utah.edu

CIPA Policy Compliance Checklist
9/30/2011

Must be completed and/or you must have documentation that shows your compliant policy is in place by 7/1/2012.

  1. Document proof of public (board) meeting where CIPA policy is included as an agenda item and its announcement to the public (web page, or newspaper notice)
  2. Post, publish, or otherwise document that the policy is/was approved by the board.
  3. Policy should include the following terms and/or phrases:
    • Technology Protection Measures are in place and used for all Internet Access
    • Monitoring of Internet usage for minors and adults is policy
    • Internet Safety Training is to be provided to minors and addresses:
      • Appropriate online behavior
      • Cyberbullying awareness and response
      • Social networking sites
      • Chat rooms

Please keep in mind that CIPA policies should not include detailed procedures describing how you comply with policy. Whatever is written in policy becomes an auditable item for which you will be held accountable. If the above items are included in documented policy, you have complied with the CIPA Policy rules.

An excellent discussion of the differences between policy and procedures and links to example AUP's is posted on the CoSN web site.

What CIPA Requires

Schools and libraries must certify, as part of their Internet safety policy, they are educating minors about appropriate online behavior, including cyberbullying awareness and response and interacting with other individuals on social networking sites and in chat rooms.

Schools and libraries can contact Rick Cline, of the Utah Education Network, to request Internet Safety materials or to invite him to present to your organization.

Rick Cline
Utah Education Network
801-585-0913 (office)
801-201-5696 (cell)
rcline@uen.org

The following document explains how the Utah Education Network / NetSafe Utah Project can help Utah's schools comply with the "Internet Safety Training" requirement mandated by CIPA.

Visit the FCC's Children's Internet Protection Act web page to learn more about the additional protections for children using the Internet that Congress recently enacted.