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Senate Bill S1489
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) 53rd Senate District
(R, C) Senate District
(R) Senate District
2009-S1489 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§751, 305 & 272, add §253-a, Ed L
2009-S1489 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1489 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring filtering software on computers in public libraries and schools to prevent minors from viewing indecent materials PURPOSE : To prevent minors, by requiring the installation of filtering software on school and library computers, from viewing inappropriate sexual images on the Internet. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 -- Requires school districts to purchase software, regardless of the cost, to prevent minors from accessing inappropriate sexual images on the Internet. Section 2 -- Requires the Education Commissioner to require schools and libraries to install software to filter-out inappropriate Internet sexual content. Additionally, the Commissioner is required to establish a list of approved Internet filtering software.
2009-S1489 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1489 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 2, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. DeFRANCISCO, GRIFFO, LARKIN, LAVALLE, MAZIARZ, SEWARD, VOLKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring filtering software on computers in public libraries and schools to prevent minors from viewing indecent materials THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 751 of the education law, as amended by section 4 of part A of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is amended and a new subdivision 5 is added to read as follows: 3. No school district shall be required to purchase or otherwise acquire software programs, the cost of which shall exceed an amount equal to the software factor multiplied by the sum of the public school district enrollment and the nonpublic school enrollment in the base year as defined in subparagraphs two and three of paragraph n of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter UNLESS SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO PURCHASE COMPUTER PROGRAMS OR OTHER SYSTEMS APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO FILTER OR BLOCK MATERIAL THAT IS HARMFUL TO MINORS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 235.20 OF THE PENAL LAW, PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER. 5. A SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVING AID UNDER THIS SECTION MUST COMPLY WITH REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FORTY-TWO OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS TITLE. S 2. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 42 to read as follows: 42. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS REQUIRING PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHICH UTILIZE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTER, DATA, THE INTERNET, AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS, TO UTILIZE COMPUTER PROGRAMS OR OTHER SYSTEMS APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO FILTER OR BLOCK MATTER THAT IS DEFINED AS HARMFUL TO MINORS UNDER SECTION 235.20 OF THE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01981-01-9
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