Bill Text: IL SR0005 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Recognizes the work of organizations such as the Illinois Judges Association in educating our youth, parents, and schools about remaining safe and vigilant in the rapidly changing online environment of today and seeks to expand this essential online safety education to all students, parents, and schools in our State. Recognizes the value of collaboration between elementary and secondary schools in Illinois and the Illinois Judges Association, community organizations, and similar entities to provide comprehensive online safety education to all students, parents, and educators. Supports school districts and organizations in efforts to provide online safety to students, parents, and educators of elementary and secondary schools in Illinois.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-28 - Assigned to Education [SR0005 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SR0005-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, On January 1, 1983, the Transmission Control
Protocol and Internet Protocol, or TCP/IP, was officially
adopted by the United States as a communication model that set
standards for how data could be transmitted between multiple
computer networks; this date is commonly recognized as the
birthday of the internet; and
WHEREAS, In December of 1990, the World Wide Web was
created by computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee, beginning a new
era of information sharing and communication that has touched
every aspect of human life and spread to every corner of the
globe; and
WHEREAS, Since 1990, the internet has benefited humanity
in many ways, including increased economic development,
increased communication between different people and cultures,
rapid transmission of new ideas, critical news, information,
and scientific breakthroughs, improved government services,
and expansion of educational opportunities; and
WHEREAS, Along with the innumerable benefits of the
internet, this invaluable tool has also been used by many to
bring harm, such as cyberattacks, ransomware, online threats
and intimidation, and the spread of misinformation, along with

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great societal challenges such as increased social isolation,
decreased time outside and in nature, decreased in-person
interaction, and unhealthy distractions and addictions; and
WHEREAS, Our youth today have grown up alongside rapid
technological developments and have almost constant access to
the internet; this access has allowed our youth to experience
some of the great benefits of the internet but has also
resulted in our youth being highly vulnerable to the dangerous
and harmful aspects of the internet; and
WHEREAS, Our youth today are exposed to online
cyberbullying, misinformation, disturbing and psychologically
harmful content, misinformation, increased mental health
issues, addiction, and social isolation; these threats are
only growing as technology and internet use rapidly expands
and evolves in our modern technological age; and
WHEREAS, The State has a responsibility to provide for an
efficient system of high quality public educational
instructions and services; in providing this high quality
public education to all students, it is the policy of this
State to protect all Illinois residents, in particular our
youth, from deceptive and unsafe communications, online
threats and cyberbullying, online extortion, identity theft,
misinformation, and illicit activity online; and

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WHEREAS, In order to protect our youth and prepare them
for a healthy, secure, and prosperous future, it is imperative
that our State's elementary and secondary school system
provide a high quality education to all students, parents, and
educators on online safety and legal and social repercussions
of illicit online behavior; and
WHEREAS, Organizations such as the Illinois Judges
Association have worked tirelessly to provide online safety
education directly to students, parents, and educators in
elementary and secondary schools; this education includes, but
is not limited to, preventing and reporting incidents of
cyberbullying, illicit activity, and unsafe behavior online
and the legal repercussions for illicit online actions;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recognize the work
of organizations such as the Illinois Judges Association in
educating our youth, parents, and schools about remaining safe
and vigilant in the rapidly changing online environment of
today and seek to expand this essential online safety
education to all students, parents, and schools in our State;
and be it further

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RESOLVED, That we recognize the value of collaboration
between elementary and secondary schools in Illinois and the
Illinois Judges Association, community organizations, and
similar entities to provide comprehensive online safety
education to all students, parents, and educators; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That we support school districts and
organizations in efforts to provide online safety to students,
parents, and educators of elementary and secondary schools in
Illinois; and be it further
RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
presented to the offices of the Governor, the Lieutenant
Governor, the Attorney General, the Illinois State Police, and
the Illinois Judges Association.