| State |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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 LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Addresses the reporting of certain electronic communication between employees at public elementary or secondary schools and a student enrolled at that school. Addresses the manner, frequency and other guidelines of reporting certain electronic communications. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=805394
Title: H.B. 705
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Requires school boards to provide age and grade appropriate classroom instruction for educating children regarding child Internet and cell phone safety. Describes content of instruction;
guidelines and teaching materials for such instruction; and liability limitations.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=805345
Title: H.B. 236
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us
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| WV | Adopted 03/2012 | P-12 | Addresses safety and acceptable use of the internet by students and educators. Changes policy name and replaces repealed policies to (1) include the new federal regulations regarding issues of child safety and acceptable use of the internet; (2) be in compliance with Universal Fund for Schools and Libraries (E-rate) guidelines; (3) reinforce copyright compliance, and; (4) align with other federal and state regulations. http://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/ruleview.aspx?document=8485
Title: WV ADC s 126-41-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Source: apps.sos.wv.gov
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| NY | Signed into law 09/2008 | P-12 | Requires the commissioner of education to develop resources and technical assistance for schools to provide to students in grades 3-12 and their parents concerning safe and responsible use of the Internet. Requires the resources to include information regarding child predators, protecting personal information, Internet scams, and cyber-bullying. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S07051&sh=t
Title: S.B. 7051
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Directs the department of education to develop a model program for educating students about safety while using the Internet, taking into consideration educational
materials developed by other states and any other materials suggested by experts that promote child online safety issues. Authorizes local boards to incorporate components on Internet safety into instructional programs.
Adds a section providing that if an Internet access provider knows from registration data that a subscriber currently resides within the state, the provider must make
available to the subscriber a device enabling the subscriber to control a minorīs use of the Internet.
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/pdf/sb474.pdf
Title: S.B. 474
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Requires the Texas Education Agency to adopt a universal Internet safety and use curriculum so that students may be made aware of the dangers of the Internet. The guide should specifically include information regarding the danger of giving personal information to be obtained via websites, the importance of copyright laws, and the consequences of plagiarism and
illegal downloading of electronic media.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB03171F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3171
Source: http://www.legis.state.tx.us
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| CA | Vetoed 08/2006 | P-12 | Requires the State Department of Education to develop and maintain Internet safety curriculum for use by local educational agencies. Requires the guidelines to include, but not be limited to, specified subjects. Requires the department to distribute the guidelines to local educational agencies. Authorizes a local educational agency to incorporate the guidelines into the agency's existing curriculum.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1701-1750/sb_1740_bill_20060829_enrolled.pdf
Title: S.B. 1740
Source: California Legislature
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2006 | Postsec. | Requests administrators of state-sponsored or state- owned networks, including administrators of public colleges and universities, to explore the availability of network technology, legitimate online services, and other solutions to address the risks and detrimental effects of certain online peer-to-peer file-sharing services.
Title: S.J.R. 1020
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires every local board, by January 1, 2007, to adopt an acceptable-use policy for its school system. At a minimum, an acceptable-use policy must contain provisions designed to:
(1) Prevent students and employees of the school system from using any computer equipment and communication services owned or leased by the school system for sending, receiving, viewing, or downloading visual depictions of obscenity, child pornography, or material that is harmful to minors;
(2) Establish appropriate measures to be taken against students and school employees who willfully violate the acceptable-use policy; and
(3) Provide for expedited review and resolution of a claim that the policy is denying a student or school employee access to material that is not within the prohibition of the acceptable-use policy.
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/pdf/hb1055.pdf
Title: H.B. 1055
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2005 | P-12 | School curricula: Internet safety. This bill would authorize the State Department of Education, in cooperation with industry, and nonprofit organizations involved with Internet safety, to identify existing Internet safety programs and make that information available on its Web site for use in public schools.
Title: S.B. 338
Source: StateNet
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| OR | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Authorizes the City of Hillsboro to establish for the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 school years the pilot program of Cyber Awareness, Responsibility and Ethics (CARE). If the City of Hillsboro establishes the pilot program:
(a) The goal of the pilot program is to help students who are 8 to 10 years of age become safe and responsible citizens of the cyber community. To meet this goal, the City of Hillsboro through the pilot program shall encourage: (A) Partnerships between school districts and local law enforcement agencies to have members of local law enforcement agencies act as mentors and provide focus, oversight and
guidance in the classroom; and (B) Peer teaching among students.
(b) A school district may notify the City of Hillsboro that the school district would like to participate in the pilot program. A notice provided by a school district under this subsection must include the following information:
(A) How the school district will implement the pilot program;
(B) How the activities of the school district under the pilot program will help the school district implement the ChildrenĒs Internet Protection Act (P.L. 106-554);
(C) How the school district will encourage students to participate in the pilot program;
and
(D) Which local law enforcement agencies will form partnerships with the school district.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/05reg/measpdf/hb2300.dir/hb2339.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 2339
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Describes the state attorney general's participation in multijurisdictional and multidisciplinary work to prevent and prosecute Internet sexual crimes against children; authorizes the attorney general to provide Internet educational programs to parents, educators, and others involved with children to promote awareness of and prevention of Internet crimes against children.
Title: H.B. 132
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Creates the Public School Library Media and Technology Act; defines the position of library media specialist; requires library media centers to have written policies to establish guidelines for the selection, removal, and retention of materials; requires the school district to have a written policy for addressing challenged material. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2791.pdf
Title: H.B. 2791
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | Postsec. | Requires that institutions of higher education adopt electronic communication privacy policies. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2496.pdf
Title: H.B. 2496
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2003 | Postsec. | Prohibits Internet access to pornography for state employees; includes all offices, agencies, departments, boards, councils, commissions, junior colleges, state universities and courts.
Title: H.B. 2498
Source: Arizona Legislative Web site
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| MI | Public Act No. 03/2002 | P-12 | Provides penalties for the use of the Internet or other electronic or telecommunication system or device to disrupt the functions of public safety, education, commercial or government operations.
Title: S.B. 942
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| SC | Signed into law 10/2000 | P-12 | Requires the governing boards of certain libraries including public school or higher education institution libraries that have computers which can access the Internet and are available for use by the public or students, or both, to develop use policies therefor intended to reduce the ability of the user to access web sites displaying pornography.
Title: H.B. 4426
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MN | Signed by governor 05/2000 | P-12 | All computers at a school site with access to the Internet available for student use must be equipped to restrict, including by use of available software filtering technology or other effective methods, all student access to material that is reasonably believed to be obscene or child pornography or material harmful to minors under federal or state law.
Title: H.B. 3800
Source: MN Department of Children, Families and Learning
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