The school supplies Apple MacBook Air laptops to every student as part of the "one-to-one laptop initiative"[2] It is infamous for its group of thirteen students, referred to as the "Kutztown 13", who violated its technology code of conduct and were subjected to external disciplinary action in 2005.

Multiple media reports indicated that the password was "taped onto the back of each computer" when they were initially handed out.

These students were then able to bypass the school's security system to access chat software, freely view web pages previously blocked by school policy, install file sharing applications, video games, and other unauthorized software, and reverse the installed monitoring software to spy on other students and faculty.

On May 2, 2005, school administrators contacted the Kutztown Borough Police Department with a request to investigate, and possibly prosecute, 13 students for violating the school's Acceptable Use Policy after they repeatedly modified their laptops.

[4] In late August 2005, the Berks County juvenile probation office offered to drop all charges in exchange for 15 hours of community service, a letter of apology, a class on personal responsibility and a limited probation period.