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

California Assembly Bill 227 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Education technology planning.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7)

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

Download: California-2011-AB227-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 227	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall

                        FEBRUARY 2, 2011

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 227, as introduced, 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 parental 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,
2011, 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 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  should be
  was  replaced with a comprehensive local planning
process that  will enable   enables 
school districts to apply for grants on an ongoing basis and 
assist   assists them  in utilizing available
education technology programs.
   (b)  On or after January 1, 2005, as   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)     On or before July 1, 2007,
the   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  the 
 all of the following: 
    (A)     The  appropriate and ethical
use of information technology in the  classroom, Internet
  classroom. 
    (B)     Internet   safety, the
  safety. 
    (C)     The  manner in which to avoid
committing  plagiarism, the   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, and the   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 parental 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.
 
   A 
    (3)     A  school district that, on
July 1,  2008   2011  , has a current
three- to five-year education technology plan that complies with
subdivision (b) is not required to comply with this subdivision until
after its plan expires or is voluntarily replaced.
   (d)  On or after January 1, 2005, the   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.