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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the development by the Texas Education Agency of an |
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Internet safety curriculum for use by school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 28.010 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2 |
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8.010. INTERNET SAFETY CURRICULUM. The agency shall |
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develop and make available to school districts an Internet safety |
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curriculum that a district may use to educate students about the |
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potential dangers of allowing personal information to appear on an |
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Internet website. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2008, the Texas |
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Education Agency shall develop and make available to school |
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districts an Internet safety curriculum as required by Section |
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28.010, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |