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Schools Soon Required to Teach Web Safety
Bill passed by Congress also calls on federal officials to track broadband penetration.
eSchool News (Retrieved October 13, 2008) Schools receiving e-Rate discounts on their telecommunications services and internet access soon will have to educate their students about online safety, sexual predators, and cyber bullying, thanks to federal legislation passed in both the Senate and the House. The Broadband Data Improvement Act (S.1492), sponsored by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, requires the Federal Trade Commission to carry out a national public awareness program focused on educating children how to use the internet in safe and responsible ways. The legislation also establishes an "Online Safety and Technology Working Group" charged with evaluating online safety education efforts, parental control technologies, filtering and blocking software, and more.
Students will be required to learn about internet safety, appropriate online behavior, and cyber bullying.
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