Bill Text: CA AB678 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Education technology.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-08-27 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB678 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB678-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 678	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 678, as amended, Hall. Education technology.
   Existing law requires a school district to have a current 3- to
5-year education technology plan as a precondition to receiving a
technology grant administered by the State Department of Education.
    The Superintendent of Public Instruction is required to develop
guidelines and criteria to be included in the education technology
plan. The guidelines and criteria are required to include a component
to educate pupils and teachers on the appropriate and ethical use of
information technology in the classroom, Internet safety, the manner
in which to avoid committing plagiarism, 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 implications of illegal peer-to-peer network
file sharing.
    The Superintendent is required to 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. The Superintendent is
required to maintain a record of school districts that have a 3- to
5-year education technology plan and to make that information
available to interested public agencies.
    This bill would  require the component of the guidelines and
criteria that educates pupils and teachers on the topics listed above
to include the negative impacts to pupils from cyberbullying, the
active use of parental control software, and the responsible use by
pupils of mobile communication technology. The bill would encourage
school districts to partner with information technology companies and
nonprofit organizations to develop tools to supplement the existing
Internet   safety curriculum that addresses the educational
component of the guidelines and criteria and would  make
technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  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 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 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 school district cannot develop the plan before receipt
of the technology grant.
   (c)  (1)    The Superintendent shall develop
guidelines and criteria to be included 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 appropriate and ethical
use of information technology in the classroom, Internet safety, the
manner in which to avoid committing plagiarism, 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 implications of illegal peer-to-peer network
file sharing.   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 negative impacts to pupils from cyberbullying.  
   (G) The active use of parental control software.  
   (H) Responsible use by pupils of mobile communication technology.
 
   (2) A school district is encouraged to partner with information
technology companies and nonprofit organizations to develop tools to
supplement the existing Internet safety curriculum that addresses the
educational component of the guidelines and criteria developed
pursuant to this subdivision.  
    A 
    (3)     A  school district that, on
July 1, 2008, 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)  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.