Bill Text: CA AB227 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Education technology planning.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-08-25 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB227 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB227-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 227	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 6, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Carter)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano, Block, Dickinson, Eng, and
Solorio)

                        FEBRUARY 2, 2011

   An act to amend Section 51871.5 of the Education Code, relating to
education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 227, as amended, Hall. Education technology planning.
   Existing law requires that, as a precondition to receiving a
technology grant administered by the State Department of Education, a
school district shall have a current 3- to 5-year education
technology plan, unless this requirement is waived by the State Board
of Education. Existing law also requires the Superintendent of
Public Instruction to develop guidelines and criteria for inclusion
in the education technology plan, including a component to educate
pupils and teachers on specified topics.
   This bill would expand that list of topics to include the
prevention of, and legal consequences for, cyberbullying, the active
use of content control software, and the responsible use by pupils of
mobile communication technology. The bill would exempt from
compliance with this requirement a school district that, on July 1,
2012, has a 3- to 5-year education technology plan until that plan
expires or is voluntarily replaced, at which time the school district
would be subject to the requirement.  The bill would also 
 require that the additional topics of the prevention of, and
legal consequences for, cyberbullying, the active use of content
control software, and the responsible use by pupils of mobile
communication technology, be implemented   only  
to the extent that state or federal funds are appropriated for those
topics.  The bill would make other conforming changes.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 51871.5 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   51871.5.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that education
technology planning be accomplished in the most comprehensive manner
possible. To that end, the current practice of developing education
technology plans for each funding program was replaced with a
comprehensive local planning process that enables school districts to
apply for grants on an ongoing basis and assists them in utilizing
available education technology programs.
   (b) As a precondition to receiving a technology grant administered
by the department, a school district shall have a current three- to
five-year education technology plan. The state board may waive this
requirement if it determines that the applicant school district made
a good faith effort to develop a plan, but for reasons beyond its
control, the district cannot develop the plan before receipt of the
technology grant.
   (c) (1) The Superintendent shall develop guidelines and criteria
for inclusion in the education technology plan required pursuant to
subdivision (b). The guidelines and criteria shall include, but are
not limited to, a component to educate pupils and teachers on all of
the following:
   (A) The appropriate and ethical use of information technology in
the classroom.
   (B) Internet safety.
   (C) The manner in which to avoid committing plagiarism.
   (D) The concept, purpose, and significance of a copyright so that
pupils are equipped with the skills necessary to distinguish lawful
from unlawful online downloading.
   (E) The implications of illegal peer-to-peer network file sharing.

   (F) The prevention of cyberbullying and legal consequences for
pupils engaging in cyberbullying.
   (G) The active use of content control software.
   (H) Responsible use by pupils of mobile communication technology.
   (2) School districts are encouraged to partner with the California
Technology Assistance Project, information technology companies, and
nonprofit organizations to develop tools to supplement the existing
Internet safety curriculum that address the educational component of
the guidelines and criteria developed pursuant to this subdivision.
   (3) A school district that, on July 1, 2012, has a current three-
to five-year education technology plan that complies with subdivision
(b) is not required to comply with  this subdivision
  subparagraphs (F), (G), and (H) of paragraph (1) 
until after its plan expires or is voluntarily replaced. 
   (4) Subparagraphs (F), (G), and (H) of paragraph (1) shall be
implemented only to the extent that state or federal funds are
appropriated for purposes of implementing those subparagraphs. 
   (d) The Superintendent shall ensure that each school district has
access to technical assistance and an approved online technology plan
builder that the department determines is in compliance with state
and federal requirements.
   (e) The department shall maintain a record of school districts
that have a three- to five-year education technology plan and shall
make that information available to interested public agencies.