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Amend CSSB 11 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (z) to read as follows:
(z) The State Board of Education by rule shall require each school district to incorporate instruction in digital citizenship into the district's curriculum, including information regarding the potential criminal consequences of cyberbullying. In this subsection:
(1) "Cyberbullying" has the meaning assigned by Section 37.0832.
(2) "Digital citizenship" means the standards of appropriate, responsible, and healthy online behavior, including the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act on all forms of digital communication.
SECTION ____. Section 28.002(z), Education Code, as added by this Act, applies beginning with the 2019-2020 school year.