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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 88
Author: Lieu (D)
Amended: 7/12/07 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 9-0, 6/20/07
AYES: Scott, Wyland, Alquist, Denham, Maldonado, Padilla,
Romero, Simitian, Torlakson
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 13-3, 7/9/07
AYES: Torlakson, Battin, Cedillo, Corbett, Dutton, Florez,
Kuehl, Oropeza, Ridley-Thomas, Runner, Steinberg, Wyland,
Yee
NOES: Cox, Aanestad, Ashburn
NO VOTE RECORDED: Simitian
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 46-28, 5/3/07 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Pupil instruction: Internet safety resources
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires the Department of Education
to work with the Department of Consumer Affairs to ensure
that the list of resources regarding internet safety from
the California Cyber Safety Resource Center addresses
various criteria.
ANALYSIS :
CONTINUED
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Existing law requires:
1.A school district to have a current 3 to 5-year education
technology plan as a precondition to receiving a
technology grant administered by the California
Department of Education (CDE).
2.The Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop, by
July 1, 2007, guidelines and criteria for districts to
use to develop an education technology plan. The
guidelines and criteria must include a component on
Internet safety and topics such as plagiarism and the
significance of a copyright.
The Department of Consumer Affairs has convened the
California Coalition for Children's Internet Safety
(Coalition) to develop policies and pursue efforts to
ensure safety for children using the Internet. The
Department of Consumer Affairs has created the Cyber Safety
for Children website that will soon include the California
Cyber Safety Resource Center to provide an annotated list
and links to Internet safety resources for parents and
schools. The Department of Consumer Affairs will
reportedly work with the Coalition to develop public
service announcements and printed educational materials and
conduct outreach activities.
This bill requires the CDE to work with the Department of
Consumer affairs to ensure that, at a minimum, the
resources included in the California Cyber Safety Resources
Center encompass information about all of the following:
1.Safe and responsible navigation and communication.
2.Keeping personal information and photographs private.
3. Recognizing and reporting solicitations by sexual
predators online.
4. Recognizing and avoiding unsolicited communications.
5.Spyware countermeasures.
6.Copyrights, plagiarism, and illegal file sharing.
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The CDE shall distribute, and make available on its
Internet website, the list of Internet safety resources to
local educational agencies.
CDE is to perform these duties once every three years.
Prior legislation
AB 1740 (Murray), of 2006 , would have required the CDE to
develop and maintain Internet safety curriculum guidelines
for use by schools. The bill was vetoed by the Governor,
because the development of the curriculum would have
circumvented the authority of the State Board of Education
to develop and approve curricula, and also because the
Cyber Safety for Children project was underway.
SB 338 (Maldonado) of 2005 , would have authorized the CDE
to identify existing Internet safety programs and make the
information available on its website for use in public
schools. The bill was vetoed by the Governor because the
bill did nothing to protect students from accessing
inappropriate websites, and the SPI has authority even
without this bill.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 7/12/07)
American Electronics Association
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees
AOL
California Family Council
California Organization of Police and Sheriffs
California State PTA
Internet Alliance
Microsoft Corporation
Motion Picture Association of America
Symantec Corporation
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
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AYES: Aghazarian, Bass, Beall, Berg, Blakeslee, Brownley,
Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Coto, Davis, De La
Torre, De Leon, DeSaulnier, Dymally, Eng, Evans, Feuer,
Galgiani, Hancock, Hayashi, Hernandez, Houston, Huffman,
Jones, Karnette, Krekorian, Laird, Leno, Levine, Lieber,
Lieu, Ma, Mullin, Nava, Parra, Portantino, Price,
Richardson, Salas, Saldana, Solorio, Swanson, Torrico,
Wolk, Nunez
NOES: Adams, Anderson, Benoit, Berryhill, Cook, DeVore,
Duvall, Emmerson, Fuller, Gaines, Garcia, Garrick,
Horton, Huff, Jeffries, Keene, La Malfa, Maze, Nakanishi,
Niello, Plescia, Silva, Smyth, Spitzer, Strickland, Tran,
Villines, Walters
NO VOTE RECORDED: Arambula, Mendoza, Sharon Runner,
Ruskin, Soto, Vacancy
NC:do 7/13/07 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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