Restricting iPad's in Educational Institution

Hello All...
I was hoping that someone could help me... I'm a network engineer for a private high school. More and more of our students are bringing in their personal iPad's and iPhones. We have been restricting these devices from coming on our network. Some of our concerns are:
- The camera on the phone and iPad. It can be used to take pictures of tests and then shared to other students who haven't taken the test yet
- Video conferencing...
There's other concerns too, but to I think you might get the point with what I have listed already.
My question is... Is there a way that I can restrict the use of these things ONLY while the student's have their device on our network? I know that your able to restrict these things with MDM in Lion Server, but the devices are not the school's assets. So we cant honestly disable the camera when the student is at home or other places.
I love to know if there is a solution out there as we really do want to allow these devices on our network.
Thanks!

Didn't I read that your at a private school. You can expell the cheaters.
Don't punish the honest people to catch a few cheaters. The cheaters don't need all this high tech to cheat anyway.
- The camera on the phone and iPad. It can be used to take pictures of tests and then shared to other students who haven't taken the test yet
I hear the iPad camera isn't that great anyway. Check the resolution & the distance you need to take the photo.
So does ever digital camera in the world. Your not blocking much.
iPad 1 didn't have a camera!
- Video conferencing...
Have you tried this? Does it work? How does it find the other iDevice?
See this article for what ports to block.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1507
The kids can establish a private network of their own. Some devices support peer-to-peer networks.
Here is a battery power router. I guess you could hid it by a window or just route between the cheaters.
http://store.mpxsys.com/novatel-wireless-mifi-2352.html
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