School Board of Palm Beach County

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT & PUBLIC HEARING

RULE TITLE: Employee Use of Technology.

RULE NUMBER: Policy 3.29.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Appropriate use of computers and telecommunications equipment, including District-issued cell phones.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Consistent with a proposed District-wide procurement for cellular service, this proposed revision would clarify appropriate use of District-issued cell phones. Various other details are also updated, such as statutory citations.

SPECIFIC RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: §§ 1001.41(2), 1001.43(9), (11), Fla. Stat.

LAWS IMPLEMENTED: §§ 112.313; 119.011; 1001.43(9); 1002.22, Fla. Stat.

CONTACT PERSON: Jim Sheehan, 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406.

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT of the Proposed Policy Development may promptly be obtained without cost from the District's web site at www.SchoolBoardPolicies.com/revisions.htm.

PUBLIC HEARING: It is anticipated that this rule development will be considered at the School Board's Special Meeting on Policies on July 28, 2003, anticipated to be at 2:30 p.m., in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. The meeting is open to the public.