1. Purpose

The laptop is to be LOANED as a tool to assist student learning both at school and at home.

2. Equipment

2.1 Ownership

2.1.1 The student must bring the laptop fully charged to school every day. Chargers must be left up dorms while at school.

2.1.2 The laptop remains the property of Yanco Agricultural High School.

2.1.3 All material on the laptop is subject to review by school staff at any time. If there is a police request, NSW DET will provide access to the laptop and personal network holdings associated with your use of the laptop.

2.1.4 Loans are based on school priorities and may vary from short term to long term.

2.2 Damage or loss of equipment

2.2.1 All laptops and batteries are covered by a manufacturer’s warranty. The warranty covers manufacturer’s defects and normal use of the laptop. It does not cover negligence, abuse or malicious damage.

2.2.2 Any problems, vandalism, damage, loss or theft of the laptop and or it's components must be reported immediately to the school.

2.2.3 In the case of suspected theft, a police report must be made by the family and an event number provided to the school.

2.2.4 In the case of loss or accidental damage, a witnessed statutory declaration signed by a parent/carer should be provided.

2.2.5 Laptops that are damaged or lost by neglect, abuse or malicious act, will require reimbursement. The Principal will determine whether replacement is appropriate and/or whether or not the student is responsible for repair or replacement costs and whether or not the student retains access to laptop loans. All costs incurred by the student will be charged to the family account and a letter and/or photographic evidence will be sent to the parents/carers.

2.2.6 Students will be required to replace lost or damaged chargers.

2.2.7 Students that have damaged a laptop will be issued with a "loan pool" device until damages have been paid for. These devices will be laptops loaned out under the charter in previous years.

3. Standards for laptop care

The student is responsible for:

i. Taking care of laptops in accordance with school guidelines.

ii. Adhering to Digital Devices and Online Services for Students policy.

iii. Backing up all data securely. This should be on the DET online storage or for personal data including photographs or music, on an external storage device. Students must be aware that the contents of the laptop will be deleted and the storage media reformatted in the course of repairs and for regular maintenance.

iv. Never damaging or disabling laptops, laptop systems and networks or establishing, participating in or circulating content that attempts to undermine or bypass laptop security mechanisms for either software or hardware.

v. It is recommend that students place labels with their name and year onto the laptop and charger to minimise confusion over the device's user.

4. Acceptable computer and internet use

4.1 Students are not to create, participate in, or circulate content that attempts to undermine, hack into and/or bypass the hardware and software security mechanisms that are in place.

4.2 Students are responsible for all use of their device by any student.

4.3 Students are responsible for all use of their username by any student on the Department’s internet and communication networks.

4.2 Upon enrolment into a New South Wales Government school, parental/carer permission was sought to allow the student to access the Internet at school based on the Digital Devices & Online Services for Students policy. The policy is printed below as part of this charter. This policy forms part of the Laptops Loan Charter

4.3 The Digital Devices & Online Services for Students policy applies to the use of the laptop and internet both on and off school grounds.

YAHS Student Laptop Loan Charter

Yanco Agricultural High School