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Assembly Bill A4076

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing curricula coverage within courses involving internet safety

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2009-A4076 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง814, Ed L

2009-A4076 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing curricula coverage within courses involving internet safety.

2009-A4076 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4076

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. THIELE, TEDISCO, KOLB, TOBACCO, ERRIGO, AMEDORE
  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALFANO, BACALLES, BARCLAY,  BURLING,
  CONTE,  CROUCH,  DUPREY,  FINCH,  GIGLIO,  HAYES, McDONOUGH, MOLINARO,
  OAKS, QUINN, RABBITT, RAIA, SALADINO, SAYWARD,  SCOZZAFAVA,  TOWNSEND,
  WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to increasing curricula
  coverage within courses involving internet safety

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 814 of the education law, as added
by chapter 526 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  2.  The  commissioner shall [provide technical assistance to assist in
the development of] DEVELOP curricula for such courses  of  study  which
shall be age appropriate and developed according to the needs and abili-
ties of pupils at successive grade levels in order to provide awareness,
skills,  information  and support to aid in the safe usage of the inter-
net.  SUCH CURRICULA SHALL INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO,  THE  DANGERS
OF  ONLINE  SEX PREDATORS, CYBER-BULLYING, INTERNET SCAMS, E-MAIL SAFETY
AND THE SAFEGUARDS AGAINST IDENTITY THEFT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03921-01-9

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