The District seeks to provide an environment in which administrators, teachers and staff can discover and transmit the knowledge and wisdom which will help to improve the quality of education. The rights of the District concerning production, ownership and use of inventions, patentable and copyrightable materials or other intellectual property or proprietary materials shall be controlled by this policy.
Under federal law, any work prepared by an employee within the scope of his or her employment is considered a “work made for hire.” Work made for hire is the exclusive property of the employer. Work for hire includes work prepared during duty time, after duty time and when school is in or not in session. Work made for hire includes, but is not limited to, teaching materials, curriculum, business management systems, individual staff web pages or information or material posted on the Internet through the District’s system, computer programs or other educational tools or materials and revisions and updating of manuals and textbooks and other publications.
Each District employee, by continuing in employment, agrees to assign to the District such employee’s entire right, title and interest in and to such works made for hire.
Employees shall not use the District’s work made for hire for any commercial use without the express written approval of the Superintendent of Schools or the Superintendent’s designee.