95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1226

 

Introduced , by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-20.40 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.34 new
30 ILCS 805/8.31 new

    Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board must require each school that maintains any of grades kindergarten through 8 that has a student-access computer to either (i) equip the computer with software that seeks to prevent minors from gaining access to explicit sexual materials or (ii) obtain Internet connectivity from an Internet service provider that provides filter services to limit access to explicit sexual materials. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning schools.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
5 10-20.40 and 34-18.34 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/10-20.40 new)
7     Sec. 10-20.40. Computer access by students; explicit
8 sexual materials.
9     (a) In this Section:
10     "Explicit sexual materials" means those materials that are
11 obscene as defined in Section 11-20 of the Criminal Code of
12 1961, child pornography as defined in Section 11-20.1 of the
13 Criminal Code of 1961, or materials harmful to minors as
14 defined in Section 11-21 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
15     "Student-access computer" means a computer that is located
16 in a school that maintains any of grades kindergarten through
17 8, is connected to any computer communication system, and is
18 accessible to students.
19     (b) The school board of a district, other than a high
20 school district, shall require each school that maintains any
21 of grades kindergarten through 8 that has a student-access
22 computer to either (i) equip the computer with software that
23 seeks to prevent minors from gaining access to explicit sexual

 

 

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1 materials or (ii) obtain Internet connectivity from an Internet
2 service provider that provides filter services to limit access
3 to explicit sexual materials.
4     (c) This Section shall not be construed to exclude any
5 adult from having unfiltered access to the Internet or an
6 online service.
 
7     (105 ILCS 5/34-18.34 new)
8     Sec. 34-18.34. Computer access by students; explicit
9 sexual materials.
10     (a) In this Section:
11     "Explicit sexual materials" means those materials that are
12 obscene as defined in Section 11-20 of the Criminal Code of
13 1961, child pornography as defined in Section 11-20.1 of the
14 Criminal Code of 1961, or materials harmful to minors as
15 defined in Section 11-21 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
16     "Student-access computer" means a computer that is located
17 in a school that maintains any of grades kindergarten through
18 8, is connected to any computer communication system, and is
19 accessible to students.
20     (b) The board shall require each school that maintains any
21 of grades kindergarten through 8 that has a student-access
22 computer to either (i) equip the computer with software that
23 seeks to prevent minors from gaining access to explicit sexual
24 materials or (ii) obtain Internet connectivity from an Internet
25 service provider that provides filter services to limit access

 

 

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1 to explicit sexual materials.
2     (c) This Section shall not be construed to exclude any
3 adult from having unfiltered access to the Internet or an
4 online service.
 
5     Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
6 Section 8.31 as follows:
 
7     (30 ILCS 805/8.31 new)
8     Sec. 8.31. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
9 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
10 implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
11 the 95th General Assembly.