By: Allison, Talarico, González of El Paso H.B. No. 3018
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the incorporation of instruction in digital
citizenship into the public school curriculum.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (z) to read as follows:
(z) The State Board of Education by rule shall require each
school district to incorporate instruction in digital citizenship
into the district's curriculum. In this subsection, "digital
citizenship" means the standards of appropriate, responsible, and
healthy online behavior, including the ability to access, analyze,
evaluate, create, and act on all forms of digital communication.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.