Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 3171	House Author:  Swinford
Effective:  6-15-07	Senate Sponsor:  Wentworth

            House Bill 3171 amends the Education Code to require the Texas Education Agency to develop and make available to school districts a list of resources on Internet safety, including a list of organizations and websites that may help teachers and students learn about the dangers of allowing personal information to appear on a website, the significance of copyright laws, and the consequences of cyber-plagiarism and theft of audiovisual works, including motion pictures, software, and sound recordings, through uploading and downloading files on the Internet.