From the ECS State Policy Database Technology--Internet Safety

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary LA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Electronic Communication between School Employees and Students H.B. 705 Addresses the reporting of certain electronic communication between employees at public elementary or secondary schools and a student enroll... More... LA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Internet and Cell Phone Safety Instruction H.B. 236 Requires school boards to provide age and grade appropriate classroom instruction for educating children regarding child Internet and cell p... More... WV Adopted 03/2012 P-12 Safety and Acceptable Use of the Internet by Students and Educators WV ADC s 126-41-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 Addresses safety and acceptable use of the internet by students and educators. Changes policy name and replaces repealed policies to (1) inc... More... NY Signed into law 09/2008 P-12 Internet Safety and Cyber-Bullying S.B. 7051 Requires the commissioner of education to develop resources and technical assistance for schools to provide to students in grades 3-12 and t... More... GA Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Internet Safety S.B. 474 Directs the department of education to develop a model program for educating students about safety while using the Internet, taking into con... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Internet Safety and Use H.B. 3171 Requires the Texas Education Agency to adopt a universal Internet safety and use curriculum so that students may be made aware of the danger... More... CA Vetoed 08/2006 P-12 Internet Safety Curriculum S.B. 1740 Requires the State Department of Education to develop and maintain Internet safety curriculum for use by local educational agencies. Require... More... TN Signed into law 06/2006 Postsec. Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Risks S.J.R. 1020 Requests administrators of state-sponsored or state- owned networks, including administrators of public colleges and universities, to explor... More... GA Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Postsec. Acceptable Use Policies and Blocking Programs H.B. 1055 Requires every local board, by January 1, 2007, to adopt an acceptable-use policy for its school system. At a minimum, an acceptable-use pol... More... CA Vetoed 10/2005 P-12 Internet Safety S.B. 338 School curricula: Internet safety. This bill would authorize the State Department of Education, in cooperation with industry, and nonprofit ... More... OR Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Cyber Awareness, Responsibility and Ethics (CARE) H.B. 2339 Authorizes the City of Hillsboro to establish for the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 school years the pilot program of Cyber Awareness, Responsibil... More... UT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Internet Crimes Against Children H.B. 132 Describes the state attorney general's participation in multijurisdictional and multidisciplinary work to prevent and prosecute Internet sex... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Public School Library H.B. 2791 Creates the Public School Library Media and Technology Act; defines the position of library media specialist; requires library media centers... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. Electronic Communication Privacy Policies H.B. 2496 Requires that institutions of higher education adopt electronic communication privacy policies. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. Internet Pornography H.B. 2498 Prohibits Internet access to pornography for state employees; includes all offices, agencies, departments, boards, councils, commissions, ju... More... MI Public Act No. 03/2002 P-12 Use of Technology to Disrupt Education Operations S.B. 942 Provides penalties for the use of the Internet or other electronic or telecommunication system or device to disrupt the functions of public ... More... SC Signed into law 10/2000 P-12 Internet Blocks H.B. 4426 Requires the governing boards of certain libraries including public school or higher education institution libraries that have computers whi... More... MN Signed by governor 05/2000 P-12 Filtering Technology on School Computers H.B. 3800 All computers at a school site with access to the Internet available for student use must be equipped to restrict, including by use of avail... More...