[ Search ] [ PDF text ] [ Legislation ]
[ Home ] [ Back ] [ Bottom ]
| [ House Amendment 001 ] |
92_HB0806
LRB9203515NTsbA
1 AN ACT relating to schools.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
5 10-20.35 and 34-18.22 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.35 new)
7 Sec. 10-20.35. Computer access by minors; explicit
8 sexual materials.
9 (a) In this Section:
10 "Explicit sexual material" means material that is
11 obscene, child pornography, or material harmful to minors, as
12 those terms are defined under Sections 11-20, 11-20.1, and
13 11-21 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
14 "Public access computer" means a computer that is located
15 in a public school, is frequently or regularly used directly
16 by a minor, and is connected to any computer communication
17 system.
18 (b) A school board shall adopt a written policy
19 regarding a minor's access to and use of a public access
20 computer for Internet connectivity.
21 (c) The written policy shall require public access
22 computers to be equipped with software that seeks to prevent
23 minors from gaining access to explicit sexual materials
24 through Internet connectivity, subject to the availability of
25 funds for this purpose from the Technology Literacy Challenge
26 Program or the Technology Success Grant Program. This
27 subsection (c) shall not be construed to exclude any
28 authorized adult employee of a public school from having
29 unfiltered access to the Internet or an online service for
30 legitimate scientific or educational purposes. The school
31 board shall allow teachers or other authorized adult
-2- LRB9203515NTsbA
1 employees of a public school to circumvent the filter
2 software to allow certain minors to have unfiltered access to
3 the Internet or an online service for specific projects that
4 have legitimate scientific or educational purposes.
5 (d) The written policy may include any other terms,
6 conditions, or requirements deemed appropriate by the school
7 board, including, but not limited to, any of the following:
8 (1) Requiring written parental consent before a
9 minor may use the Internet.
10 (2) Requiring teacher supervision of Internet use
11 by minors.
12 (3) Differentiating acceptable uses of the Internet
13 by students of varying grade levels.
14 (4) Establishing auditing procedures to determine
15 whether public access computers are being used for the
16 purpose of accessing explicit sexual materials through
17 Internet connectivity.
18 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.22 new)
19 Sec. 34-18.22. Computer access by minors; explicit
20 sexual materials.
21 (a) In this Section:
22 "Explicit sexual material" means material that is
23 obscene, child pornography, or material harmful to minors, as
24 those terms are defined under Sections 11-20, 11-20.1, and
25 11-21 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
26 "Public access computer" means a computer that is located
27 in a public school, is frequently or regularly used directly
28 by a minor, and is connected to any computer communication
29 system.
30 (b) The Board shall adopt a written policy regarding a
31 minor's access to and use of a public access computer for
32 Internet connectivity.
33 (c) The written policy shall require public access
-3- LRB9203515NTsbA
1 computers to be equipped with software that seeks to prevent
2 minors from gaining access to explicit sexual materials
3 through Internet connectivity, subject to the availability of
4 funds for this purpose from the Technology Literacy Challenge
5 Program or the Technology Success Grant Prograam. This
6 subsection (c) shall not be construed to exclude any
7 authorized adult employee of a public school from having
8 unfiltered access to the Internet or an online service for
9 legitimate scientific or educational purposes. The Board
10 shall allow teachers or other authorized adult employees of a
11 public school to circumvent the filter software to allow
12 certain minors to have unfiltered access to the Internet or
13 an online service for specific projects that have legitimate
14 scientific or educational purposes.
15 (d) The written policy may include any other terms,
16 conditions, or requirements deemed appropriate by the Board,
17 including, but not limited to, any of the following:
18 (1) Requiring written parental consent before a
19 minor may use the Internet.
20 (2) Requiring teacher supervision of Internet use
21 by minors.
22 (3) Differentiating acceptable uses of the Internet
23 by students of varying grade levels.
24 (4) Establishing auditing procedures to determine
25 whether public access computers are being used for the
26 purpose of accessing explicit sexual materials through
27 Internet connectivity.