On the recommendation of my Apple SE, I submitted the following enhancement request to http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html
"I manage 1000 1:1 iPads in a K-12 high school, where the students take home the iPad.
We have deemed that we need to provide an additional two or three web browsers in addition to Safari, to enable Flash and Java. We also wanted to age restrict apps to 12+.
Since currently the age restriction removes all apps that match from the screen, I am not allowed to implement age restrictions.
I can think of two possible solutions. 1) A method of whitelisting certain apps based on their uniqueness (perhaps softwareVersionBundleId). 2) a method of allowing age restricted apps installed with a whitelisted Apple ID. This latter method would be easier for consumers to implement as they could do it in Parental Controls and have a separate Apple ID than their children. Or perhaps 3) let the age restriction be on the actual installing of an app. When enabled, no age restricted app can be installed. When restricted, existing apps stay and further apps are not allowed."
