2020 -- H 8087 | |
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LC005421 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Ranglin-Vassell, Fogarty, Almeida, and Lombardi | |
Date Introduced: July 02, 2020 | |
Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. The title of Chapter 16-21.6 of the General Laws entitled "Internet Filtering |
2 | in Schools" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | CHAPTER 16-21.6 |
4 | Internet Filtering in Schools |
5 | CHAPTER 16-21.6 |
6 | STUDENT ACCESS TO INTERNET |
7 | SECTION 2. Chapter 16-21.6 of the General Laws entitled "Internet Filtering in Schools" |
8 | is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
9 | 16-21.6-2 Access to high-speed Internet. |
10 | (a) Every school district shall ensure that all students in grades Kindergarten through |
11 | twelve (K-12), enrolled in Rhode Island public elementary and secondary schools, have access to |
12 | high-speed Internet. Upon request of the student’s parent and/or legal guardian, the school district |
13 | shall furnish the student with high-speed Internet. |
14 | (b) There is hereby established an Internet reimbursement fund for which the general |
15 | assembly shall make a specific appropriation. The department of elementary and secondary |
16 | education shall administer the appropriation. School districts shall submit to the department of |
17 | elementary and secondary education evidence of the costs to furnish high-speed Internet to students |
18 | in accordance with subsection (a) of this section. The costs shall be reimbursed from the Internet |
19 | reimbursement fund by the department of elementary and secondary education upon presentation |
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1 | by a school district of the evidence of these costs. |
2 | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2020. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS | |
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1 | This act would require all school districts to provide students enrolled in grades |
2 | Kindergarten through twelve (K-12) access to high-speed Internet. |
3 | This act would take effect on July 1, 2020. |
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