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Senate Education committee advances bill to consolidate school internet-filtering rules
Summary
The Senate Education Committee voted to send House Bill 275 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after lawmakers and witnesses said the measure merely consolidates existing internet-filtering requirements for Idaho schools and libraries.
The Senate Education Committee on Thursday voted to send House Bill 275 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation after representatives and technical witnesses said the bill consolidates existing internet-filtering language currently scattered across state code.
Representative Wendy Horman, a Republican from Bonneville County (District 32), told the committee the measure reorganizes requirements already on the books without changing their substance. “Essentially, what this does is take Internet filtering policies that are located in a variety of different…
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