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1999 SESSION

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HB 1043 Internet; policies in public schools and libraries

Introduced by: Thomas M. Jackson, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Acceptable Internet Use Policies (AIUP) in Virginia’s public schools and libraries. On or before December 1, 1999, requires every school division superintendent and local public library board (or its equivalent) to file an AIUP with the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Librarian of Virginia, respectively.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Public schools and libraries; Virginia Information Access Act of 1998. Based upon a stated legislative finding that information access through computer hardware, software programs, etc., which are supported in whole or in part by the general funds of the Commonwealth, is a privilege and not a right, creates the Board for Information Access, to develop, design, deploy, maintain, and update information access for (i) students in the Commonwealth's public elementary and secondary schools who are under the age of 18 and (ii) patrons of the Commonwealth's public libraries who are under the age of 18. The 26-member Board would consist of the nine-member Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the 15-member Library Board, and the State Librarian.