Miami-Dade County Public Schools maintains and monitors, a state-of-the-art filtering system on its network. To comply with the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) of 2001, the filter constantly monitors and blocks inappropriate Web sites based on key words and/or URLS. Criteria policy for filtering parameters has been established by the School Board and the Superintendent of schools. Examples of categories that are blocked include: alcohol, chat, drugs, gambling, games, hate groups (obscene and tasteless), public proxies, pornography, and R-rated sites.

The filter is automatically updated daily by the system and manually by filter administrators when requests are submitted. The filtering technology is by no means perfect. On occasion, Web sites that should be blocked are not and vice-versa. If you have any questions regarding the Internet filter, or if you wish to submit a request to block or unblock a Web site, please e-mail filter administrators at: filter@dadeschools.net. Please make certain to include the Web site address that is in question in the body of the e-mail.