2017 House Bill 4340

Require school internet filters and “digital citizenship” promotion

Introduced in the House

March 9, 2017

Introduced by Rep. Robert Kosowski (D-16)

To require public schools to have internet filters that prevent students from viewing “harmful content” on school computers. Also, to require schools to promote “digital citizenship,” defined as “norms of appropriate, responsible, and healthy behavior related to the use of a telecommunications access device or other technology, including digital literacy, ethics, etiquette, and security”.

Referred to the Committee on Education Reform