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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1253 |
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| 4 | 4 | | _____ |
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| 5 | 5 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL |
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| 6 | 6 | | Citations Affected: IC 20-30-6.1-4. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Synopsis: Internet and social media literacy education. Requires the |
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| 8 | 8 | | department of education to develop curricula concerning Internet and |
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| 9 | 9 | | social media literacy. Permits a school corporation to offer an elective |
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| 10 | 10 | | course on Internet and social media literacy. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Effective: July 1, 2024. |
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| 12 | 12 | | Andrade, DeLaney, Pfaff |
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| 13 | 13 | | January 9, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Education. |
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| 14 | 14 | | 2024 IN 1253—LS 6617/DI 152 Introduced |
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| 15 | 15 | | Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024) |
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| 16 | 16 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 17 | 17 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 18 | 18 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 20 | 20 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the |
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| 21 | 21 | | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds |
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| 22 | 22 | | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 24 | 24 | | between statutes enacted by the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 25 | 25 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1253 |
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| 26 | 26 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning |
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| 27 | 27 | | education. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. IC 20-30-6.1-4 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 1, 2024]: Sec. 4. (a) The department shall develop grade level |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 appropriate curricula concerning Internet and social media |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5 literacy for grades 6 through 12. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6 (b) The curricula developed under subsection (a) must include |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 the following topics: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8 (1) Cyberbullying (as defined in IC 20-19-3-11.5(a)) |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 prevention and response. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10 (2) Digital ethics and etiquette, including identification of hate |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11 speech, racism, and discrimination. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12 (3) Understanding the means by which to identify, access, |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13 analyze, and evaluate the credibility of digital information. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14 (4) Safety and security awareness, including Internet |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15 addiction, digital footprint, online predator practices, and |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16 identification of fake profiles and fraudulent Internet |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17 schemes. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2024 IN 1253—LS 6617/DI 152 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 1 (c) A school corporation may include in the school corporation's |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2 middle school or high school curriculum an elective course |
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| 49 | 49 | | 3 concerning Internet and social media literacy developed under this |
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| 50 | 50 | | 4 section. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 5 (d) An elective course described in subsection (c) may satisfy one |
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| 52 | 52 | | 6 (1) health and wellness credit for the general, Core 40, Core 40 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 7 with academic honors, and Core 40 with technical honors |
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| 54 | 54 | | 8 designation. |
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| 55 | 55 | | 9 (e) The department may determine and provide incentives to a |
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| 56 | 56 | | 10 school corporation that includes an elective course as described in |
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| 57 | 57 | | 11 subsection (c). |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2024 IN 1253—LS 6617/DI 152 |
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