CIPA
Children's Internet Protection Act
- Statute
- 20 U.S.C. § 9134(f); 47 U.S.C. § 254(h)
- Regulations
- 47 C.F.R. § 54.520
- Enacted / Last Major Amendment
- 2000
- Jurisdictional Layer
- Federal Baseline (federal)
Summary
Conditions federal E-Rate discounts on adoption of an Internet Safety Policy with filtering, monitoring, and minor education components.
School-side obligations
- Adopt and enforce an Internet Safety Policy (CIPA policy)
- Hold public hearing or meeting before adoption
- Certify compliance annually on E-Rate Form 486
- Implement technology protection measures (filtering)
- Educate minors on appropriate online behavior
Vendor-side obligations
- Internet filtering vendors are infrastructure to CIPA compliance
- Monitoring vendors must support school CIPA documentation
Breach notification
Not applicable.
Enforcement
FCC E-Rate program: non-compliant schools lose discounts.
NCSC AI Toolkit — Scanner Fields
These fields in the NCSC AI Toolkit derive from this statute:
requires_cipa_internet_safety_policyrequires_filtering_in_placee_rate_compliant