Bill Text: NY A00956 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mandates courses of study in internet safety in all public and private schools grades k thru 12.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to education [A00956 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A00956-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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956
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 5, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, ROBINSON, BENEDETTO, GIGLIO, RAIA,
JAFFEE, MAISEL, TITUS, CLARK, SPANO, PHEFFER -- Multi-Sponsored by --
M. of A. CONTE, CROUCH, McDONOUGH, MOLINARO, REILLY, WEISENBERG --
read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to courses of study in
internet safety
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 814 of the education law,
2 as added by chapter 526 of the laws of 2006, are amended to read as
3 follows:
4 1. [Any] ALL school [district] DISTRICTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, in the
5 state [may] SHALL provide, to pupils in grades kindergarten through
6 twelve, instruction designed to promote the proper and safe use of the
7 internet.
8 2. The commissioner shall provide technical assistance to assist in
9 the development of curricula for such courses of study which shall be
10 age appropriate and developed according to the needs and abilities of
11 pupils at successive grade levels in order to provide awareness, skills,
12 information SECURITY, CYBER ETHICS and support to aid in the safe usage
13 of the internet. SUCH CURRICULA SHALL BE UPDATED AS NEW THREATS ARE
14 IDENTIFIED.
15 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04969-01-1
