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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring the incorporation of instruction in digital |
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citizenship into the curriculum of certain school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (z) to read as follows: |
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(z) The State Board of Education by rule shall require each |
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school district with an enrollment of at least 3,250 students to |
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incorporate instruction in digital citizenship into the district's |
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curriculum. In this subsection, "digital citizenship" means the |
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standards of appropriate, responsible, and healthy online |
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behavior, including the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, |
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create, and act on all forms of digital communication. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. |
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A school district is required to implement a |
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provision of this Act only if the legislature appropriates money to |
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the Texas Education Agency that is provided to school districts |
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specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not |
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appropriate money that is provided to school districts specifically |
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for that purpose, a school district may, but is not required to, |
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implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations |
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available for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2019. |