Students need permission to surf Net
Some parents must sign persmission slips for their children to surf the Net.
Administrators are sending home permission slips that parents must sign before students can take a school-sponsored surf on the Net, according to the Associated Press. School districts in Los Angeles, Virginia's Arlington County, North Carolina's Chapel Hill, and Jefferson County in Kentucky are requiring permission slips and investigating the use of software that can block obscene material.
Other districts are implementing rules prohibiting students from using the Internet to buy or sell items, using obscene language in email, or sending or displaying offensive messages or pictures.
The Education Department estimates that more than half the country's public schools have access to the Internet.