80R10400 SLO-D
 
  By: Swinford H.B. No. 3171
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the development by the Texas Education Agency of an
Internet safety and use curriculum for use by school districts.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 28.010 to read as follows:
       Sec. 28.010.  INTERNET SAFETY AND USE CURRICULUM. The
agency shall develop and make available to school districts an
Internet safety and use curriculum that a district may use to
educate students about:
             (1)  the potential dangers of allowing personal
information to appear on an Internet website;
             (2)  the significance of copyright laws; and
             (3)  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.
       SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2008, the Texas
Education Agency shall develop and make available to school
districts an Internet safety and use curriculum as required by
Section 28.010, Education Code, as added by this Act.
       SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2007.