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2018 SESSION
HB 199 Digital Citizenship, Internet Safety, and Media Literacy Advisory Council; established.
Introduced by: Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Superintendent of Public Instruction; establishment of the Digital Citizenship, Internet Safety, and Media Literacy Advisory Council. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish and appoint members to the Digital Citizenship, Internet Safety, and Media Literacy Advisory Council (Council), including at least one teacher, librarian, representative of a parent-teacher organization, school administrator, and individual with expertise in digital citizenship, Internet safety, and media literacy. The bill requires the Council to (i) develop and recommend to the Board of Education for adoption a model policy for local school boards that would enable such school boards to better support the digital citizenship, Internet safety, and media literacy of all students in the local school division; (ii) develop and recommend to the Board for adoption model instructional practices for the safe, ethical, and responsible use of media and technology by students in public elementary and secondary schools; and (iii) design and post on the Department of Education's website a page with links to successful instructional practices, curricula, and other teacher resources used in school divisions within and outside of the Commonwealth for the safe, ethical, and responsible use of media and technology by students.
FULL TEXT
- 12/28/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101476D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18106278D-H1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/28/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101476D
- 12/28/17 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/19/18 House: Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/29/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/18 House: Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
- 01/31/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18106278D-H1
- 01/31/18 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/01/18 House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 02/07/18 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/13/18 House: Left in Appropriations