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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to access to social media and social networking websites |
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on public school campuses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 38.0232 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.0232. ACCESS TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND NETWORKING |
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WEBSITES PROHIBITED; EXCEPTION. (a) A school district or |
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open-enrollment charter school shall deploy technology to disable |
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access to social media and social networking Internet websites on a |
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digital device connected to an Internet service provided at a |
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district or school campus, including on a digital device owned by |
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an employee of the district or school while the device is connected |
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to a campus Internet service. |
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(b) The technology deployed by a school district or |
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open-enrollment charter school under Subsection (a) must provide |
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for a method by which an employee of the school district or |
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open-enrollment charter school may access an otherwise restricted |
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social media or social networking Internet website for an |
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appropriate administrative or educational purpose. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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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, 2023. |