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AL HB489
Bill
Status
5/17/2023
Primary Sponsor
Ben Robbins
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AI Summary
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Local boards of education must prohibit and prevent students from accessing social media platforms through school-provided Internet access.
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Students entering ninth grade beginning in the 2024-2025 school year must complete one semester of age-appropriate instruction on social media risks and safe usage as a required course.
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Required curriculum content includes advantages of social media (career building, connecting with others), risks (addiction, misinformation, mental health effects, permanent content), and safety practices (personal security, identifying predatory behavior, reporting suspicious activity).
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Local boards must publish instructional materials on the State Department of Education website and their own websites, with parent notification about where to access the materials online.
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The bill becomes effective the first day of the third month following passage and gubernatorial approval.
Legislative Description
Relating to public K-12 education; to require each local board of education to prohibit students from accessing social media platforms through Internet access provided through the schools under the jurisdiction of the local board; and to amend Section 16-6B-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide certain students with instruction on social media risks and safety as a required course; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style..
Last Action
Rejected by House Education Policy
5/24/2023