For Immediate Release
Ohio Senate Bill 29 (“SB29”) will take effect on October 24, 2024. iSTEM is providing
this annual notice to district parents/guardians regarding the monitoring of
school-issued devices used by students, as it relates to SB29. School-issued devices
include any hardware, software, or accounts provided to students for personal use.
Monitoring Student Activity on School-Issued Device / Required Pursuant to
Ohio Revised Code §3319.327
While students have no right or expectation to privacy when using District
technology resources, the iSTEM School District and its technology providers are
prohibited from electronically accessing or monitoring school-issued devices
provided to students unless a legal permissible exception exists.
Because electronic accessing or monitoring of school-issued devices can occur, the
iSTEM School District is required to provide parents / guardians of its enrolled
students with general notice that such electronic access and/or monitoring may
occur in accordance with legally permissible reasons.
iSTEM and its technology providers electronically access or monitor your student’s
school-issued devices for the following statutory reasons:
1. Activity that is limited to non-commercial educational purposes for
instruction, technical support, or exam proctoring by school district
employees or staff contracted by the District.
2. Pursuant to a judicial warrant.
3. Notification or awareness that the student-issued District device is lost or
stolen.
4. Activity is necessary to respond to a threat to life or safety. The access is
limited to this purpose alone.
5. Compliance with federal and/or state laws.
6. Required as part of a federal or state funding program.
As part of this notice, iSTEM is providing you with advance notice that it and/or one of
its technology providers intends to electronically access or monitor your student’s
school-issued devices for reason #1 above. This electronic access or monitoring can
only occur when advance notice is provided, and it shall not be done for any reason
other than educational purposes as outlined.
If iSTEM discovers a triggered occurrence related to electronically accessing your
student’s school-issued device for reasons #2 through #6 above, the District will
provide you with a 72-hour notice of what features of the device were accessed, a
written description of the triggering circumstances, and description of the threat, if any.
If the notice itself could pose a threat to life or safety, the 72-hour notice will be
provided within 72-hours after the threat has ended.
Allen Wilson
iSTEM Superintendent/CEO