Printable version of policy 

Kansas Children’s Internet Protection Act Guidance

All Kansas public libraries are required to comply with the Kansas Children’s Internet Protect Act (KS-CIPA). The law designates the State Library of Kansas, Topeka as the official administrative authority. “The state librarian shall establish standards and promulgate rules and regulations for the enforcement of the provisions of this act.” (March 14, 2014)

SCKLS does not purchase, install, or provide technical support for filtering solutions other than DNSFilter. While we support DNSFilter as a filtering solution, SCKLS does not endorse any vendor.
https://help.dnsfilter.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500008113941-CIPA-compliance-for-educational-institutions

SCKLS may provide a sample Internet Safety Policy, upon request, by contacting one of the SCKLS staff listed below.

Please refer to State Library of Kansas website for authoritative guidance:

The State Library of Kansas Policy Resources webpage https://library.ks.gov/librarians/policy-resources in the KS Children's Internet Protection Act section provides an overview of KS-CIPA, links to the law, permanent regulation, policy template and possible filtering options.

Questions should be directed to one of the following SCKLS staff:

1.  SCKLS Director of Information Technology
2. SCKLS Automation and Technology Services Coordinator
3. SCKLS Director

Implemented: 3/7/2014 ‐ Revised: 8/27/2024