BILL NUMBER: AB 88	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 12, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 2, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 21, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 22, 2007

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 amended, Lieu. Pupil instruction: Internet safety
resources.
   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 work
with the Department of Consumer Affairs to ensure that, at a minimum,
the resources included in the California Cyber Safety Resource
Center encompass information about specified subjects on Internet
safety. The bill would also require the State Department of Education
to distribute, and make available on its Internet Web site, the list
of Internet safety resources developed in concert with the
Department of Consumer Affairs to local educational agencies. A local
educational agency would be authorized to incorporate the resources
into the agency's existing curricula.  The State Department of
Education would be required to perform the   specified
duties once every 3 years. 
   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
RESOURCES


   51950.  (a) The State Department of Education shall work with the
Department of Consumer Affairs to ensure that, at a minimum, the
resources included in the California Cyber Safety Resource Center
encompass information about all of the following:
   (1) Safe and responsible navigation and communication on social
networking Web sites, chat rooms, electronic mail, bulletin boards,
instant messenger, and other means of communication on the Internet.
   (2) The importance of keeping personal information and photographs
private when interacting with strangers on the Internet.
   (3) Recognizing and reporting solicitations by sexual predators
online and the importance of anonymity and avoiding in-person
meetings.
   (4) Recognizing and avoiding unsolicited or deceptive
communications received online.
   (5) The use and basic operation of spyware countermeasures,
including antivirus and antispyware software and hardware and
software firewalls.
   (6) The importance of copyright; the dangers of plagiarism; the
dangers of illegal peer-to-peer file sharing; and the dangers of
illegally downloading and uploading sound recordings, software, and
audiovisual works including theatrical and television motion
pictures.
   (b) The State Department of Education shall distribute, and make
available on its Internet Web site, the list of Internet safety
resources developed pursuant to subdivision (a) to local educational
agencies. A local educational agency may incorporate the resources
into the existing curricula of the agency. 
   (c) The State Department of Education shall perform the duties
specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) once every three years.