Bill Text: NJ A2058 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires school districts to provide instruction on responsible use of social media for middle school students as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Technology.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-02-27 - Withdrawn from Consideration [A2058 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A2058-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 2058

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  ANGEL FUENTES

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblyman  PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblywoman  VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE

District 37 (Bergen)

Assemblyman  HERB CONAWAY, JR.

District 7 (Burlington)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Mosquera and Assemblyman Eustace

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires school districts to provide instruction on responsible use of social media for middle school students as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Technology.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

  

An Act concerning social media instruction in public school districts and supplementing chapter 35 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, each school district shall incorporate instruction on the responsible use of social media into the technology education curriculum for students in grades 6 through 8 as part of the district's implementation of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Technology.

     b.    The instruction shall provide students with information on:

     (1)  the purpose and acceptable use of various social media platforms;

     (2)  social media behavior that ensures cyber safety, cyber security, and cyber ethics; and

     (3)  potential negative consequences, including cyber bullying, of failing to use various social media platforms responsibly.

     c.    The Commissioner of Education shall provide school districts with sample learning activities and resources designed to promote the responsible use of social media.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires school districts to provide instruction on the responsible use of social media as part of the district's implementation of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Technology. The instruction will provide students in grades 6 through 8 with information on: the purpose and acceptable use of various social media platforms; social media behavior that ensures cyber safety, cyber security, and cyber ethics; and potential negative consequences, including cyber bullying, of failing to use various social media platforms responsibly.

     Under the bill, the Commissioner of Education is to provide school districts with sample learning activities and resources designed to promote the responsible use of social media.