Bill Text: IL HB2889 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Local Library Act and the School Code. Provides that the written policy established by a board of library trustees for the selection of library materials and the use of library materials and facilities shall include an Internet use policy, which must be filed with the Secretary of State. Requires each school board to adopt an Internet use policy, which must be filed with the State Board of Education. Provides that an Internet use policy shall require (i) filtering technology on all library or school computers that blocks Internet materials that are harmful to minors, including without limitation obscene or sexually explicit matter; (ii) disciplinary measures for violators; and (iii) a component of Internet safety to be integrated into a library's or school's technology programming.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2889 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB2889-Amended.html

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Rep. Michelle Mussman

Filed: 3/30/2011

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2889
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2889 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
10-20.53 and 34-18.45 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.53 new)
Sec. 10-20.53. Internet use policy.
(a) No State funds made available under this Code to a
school district may be used to purchase computers used to
access the Internet or to pay for direct costs associated with
accessing the Internet, unless the school board has in place a
policy of Internet safety for minors that includes the
operation of a technology protection measure, with respect to
any of the district's computers with Internet access, that
protects against access through those computers to visual
depictions that are (i) obscene, (ii) child pornography, or

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(iii) harmful to minors. The policy must enforce the operation
of the technology protection measures during any use of the
computers by minors. Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year,
each school board must make available a copy of the policy at
its office and must post the policy on the district's Internet
website, if any.
(b) An administrator, supervisor, or person authorized by
the responsible authority may temporarily disable the
technology protection measure to enable access for bona fide
research or other lawful purposes. Once the research session is
complete, the technology protection measure must be
reactivated.
(c) If a school district stops receiving federal technology
funds that require the use of a technology protection measure,
then the school board must certify its Internet safety policy
to the State Board of Education.
(d) This Section does not apply to schools created under
the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Law and laboratory
schools, as defined in Section 18-8.05 of this Code.
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.45 new)
Sec. 34-18.45. Internet use policy.
(a) No State funds made available under this Code to the
school district may be used to purchase computers used to
access the Internet or to pay for direct costs associated with
accessing the Internet, unless the board has in place a policy

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of Internet safety for minors that includes the operation of a
technology protection measure, with respect to any of the
district's computers with Internet access, that protects
against access through those computers to visual depictions
that are (i) obscene, (ii) child pornography, or (iii) harmful
to minors. The policy must enforce the operation of the
technology protection measures during any use of the computers
by minors. Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, the board
must make available a copy of the policy at its office and must
post the policy on the district's Internet website, if any.
(b) An administrator, supervisor, or person authorized by
the responsible authority may temporarily disable the
technology protection measure to enable access for bona fide
research or other lawful purposes. Once the research session is
complete, the technology protection measure must be
reactivated.
(c) If the school district stops receiving federal
technology funds that require the use of a technology
protection measure, then the board must certify its Internet
safety policy to the State Board of Education.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".