HB2889ham002 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Michelle Mussman

Filed: 3/30/2011

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2889

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2889 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections 10-20.53 and 34-18.45 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/10-20.53 new)

Sec. 10-20.53. Internet use policy.

(a) No State funds made available under this Code to a school district may be used to purchase computers used to access the Internet or to pay for direct costs associated with accessing the Internet, unless the school board has in place a policy of Internet safety for minors that includes the operation of a technology protection measure, with respect to any of the district's computers with Internet access, that protects against access through those computers to visual depictions that are (i) obscene, (ii) child pornography, or (iii) harmful to minors. The policy must enforce the operation of the technology protection measures during any use of the computers by minors. Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, each school board must make available a copy of the policy at its office and must post the policy on the district's Internet website, if any.

(b) An administrator, supervisor, or person authorized by the responsible authority may temporarily disable the technology protection measure to enable access for bona fide research or other lawful purposes. Once the research session is complete, the technology protection measure must be reactivated.

(c) If a school district stops receiving federal technology funds that require the use of a technology protection measure, then the school board must certify its Internet safety policy to the State Board of Education.

(d) This Section does not apply to schools created under the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Law and laboratory schools, as defined in Section 18-8.05 of this Code.

(105 ILCS 5/34-18.45 new)

Sec. 34-18.45. Internet use policy.

(a) No State funds made available under this Code to the school district may be used to purchase computers used to access the Internet or to pay for direct costs associated with accessing the Internet, unless the board has in place a policy of Internet safety for minors that includes the operation of a technology protection measure, with respect to any of the district's computers with Internet access, that protects against access through those computers to visual depictions that are (i) obscene, (ii) child pornography, or (iii) harmful to minors. The policy must enforce the operation of the technology protection measures during any use of the computers by minors. Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, the board must make available a copy of the policy at its office and must post the policy on the district's Internet website, if any.

(b) An administrator, supervisor, or person authorized by the responsible authority may temporarily disable the technology protection measure to enable access for bona fide research or other lawful purposes. Once the research session is complete, the technology protection measure must be reactivated.

(c) If the school district stops receiving federal technology funds that require the use of a technology protection measure, then the board must certify its Internet safety policy to the State Board of Education.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".