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Assembly Bill A1525

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Mandates courses of study in internet safety in all public and private schools grades k thru 12

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2009-A1525 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง814, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A956

2009-A1525 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Mandates courses of study in internet safety in all public and private schools grades k thru 12.

2009-A1525 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1525

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  COLTON, ROBINSON, BENEDETTO, GIGLIO, WALKER,
  RAIA, JAFFEE, MAISEL, TITUS, CLARK, SPANO, FIELDS, PHEFFER  --  Multi-
  Sponsored  by  --  M. of A.  BACALLES, CONTE, CROUCH, JOHN, McDONOUGH,
  MOLINARO, QUINN, 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:

  Section  1.  Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 814 of the education law,
as added by chapter 526 of the laws of 2006,  are  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.   [Any] ALL school [district] DISTRICTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, in the
state [may] SHALL provide, to  pupils  in  grades  kindergarten  through
twelve,  instruction  designed to promote the proper and safe use of the
internet.
  2. The commissioner shall provide technical assistance  to  assist  in
the  development  of  curricula for such courses of study which shall be
age appropriate and developed according to the needs  and  abilities  of
pupils at successive grade levels in order to provide awareness, skills,
information  SECURITY, CYBER ETHICS and support to aid in the safe usage
of the internet. SUCH CURRICULA SHALL BE  UPDATED  AS  NEW  THREATS  ARE
IDENTIFIED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04322-01-9

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