Bill Text: TX HB3018 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to requiring the incorporation of instruction in digital citizenship into the curriculum of certain school districts.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Referred to Education [HB3018 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3018-Engrossed.html
By: Allison, Talarico, González of El Paso, | H.B. No. 3018 | |
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relating to requiring the incorporation of instruction in digital | ||
citizenship into the curriculum of certain school districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (z) to read as follows: | ||
(z) The State Board of Education by rule shall require each | ||
school district with an enrollment of at least 3,250 students to | ||
incorporate instruction in digital citizenship into the district's | ||
curriculum. In this subsection, "digital citizenship" means the | ||
standards of appropriate, responsible, and healthy online | ||
behavior, including the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, | ||
create, and act on all forms of digital communication. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 3. | ||
A school district is required to implement a | ||
provision of this Act only if the legislature appropriates money to | ||
the Texas Education Agency that is provided to school districts | ||
specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not | ||
appropriate money that is provided to school districts specifically | ||
for that purpose, a school district may, but is not required to, | ||
implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations | ||
available for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |