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Committee advances bill requiring districts to provide parents online education about school-issued devices
Summary
Senate Bill 10 70, sponsored by Senator Kevin Cook, would require school districts to make available a free online parent education program covering potential dangers, online threats, risky student behaviors and best practices; the committee sent the bill to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation.
Senate Bill 10 70, introduced by Senator Kevin Cook, advanced from the Senate Education Committee after a public hearing and extended discussion about school-issued devices and online safety.
"There is no way to make that Chromebook or laptop completely, safe for children," Senator Kevin Cook told the committee while describing the bill's purpose: require school districts to make a free online parent education program available and to obtain a signed acknowledgement that the parent received the URL. The bill text, as explained in the hearing, lists four required topics for the program: the potential dangers, the nature of online threats, the ways children participate online that create risk, and best practices for parents to keep children safe.
Multiple witnesses and stakeholders testified in favor. Quinn Perry,…
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