BILL NUMBER: AB 88	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lieu

                        DECEMBER 13, 2006

   An act to add Chapter 5.8 (commencing with Section 51950) to Part
28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, relating to pupil
instruction.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 88, as introduced, Lieu. Pupil instruction: Internet safety
curriculum guidelines.
   Existing law prescribes various matters to be included in the
adopted course of study at the appropriate elementary and secondary
grade levels.
   This bill would require the State Department of Education to
develop and maintain Internet safety curriculum guidelines for use by
local educational agencies. The bill would require the guidelines to
include, but not be limited to, specified subjects. The bill would
also require the department to distribute the guidelines to local
educational agencies, upon approval of the guidelines by the State
Board of Education. The bill would authorize a local educational
agency to incorporate the guidelines into the agency's existing
curricula.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 5.8 (commencing with Section 51950) is added to
Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 5.8.  ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS INTERNET SAFETY
CURRICULUM


   51950.  (a) The department shall develop and maintain Internet
safety curriculum guidelines for use by local educational agencies.
   (b) The Internet safety curriculum guidelines shall include, but
are not limited to, the following:
   (1) The importance of avoiding reckless conduct while visiting a
social networking Web site or Internet chat room.
   (2) The importance of maintaining personal information and
photographs private when interacting with strangers on the Internet.
   (3) The importance of anonymity and avoiding in-person meetings.
   (4) The role of computer spyware in identity theft and financial
fraud.
   (5) The use and basic operation of spyware countermeasures,
including anti-virus and anti-spyware software and hardware and
software firewalls.
   (c) Upon approval of the guidelines by the State Board, the
department shall distribute the guidelines to local educational
agencies. A local educational agency may incorporate the guidelines
into the existing curricula of the agency.