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Introduced
02/05/2025
02/05/2025
In Committee
03/21/2025
03/21/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
104th General Assembly
Bill Summary
Creates the Database Resources for Students Act. Provides that a school district, State agency, public library, or public university or community college may offer digital or online library database resources to students in grades kindergarten through 12 only if the provider of the resources verifies that all the resources have safety policies and technology protection measures that prohibit and prevent a user of the resources from sending, receiving, viewing, or downloading and filter or block access to child pornography, obscene materials, or materials that depict child sexual exploitation. Provides that, notwithstanding any contract provision to the contrary, if a provider fails to comply with these provisions, the school district, State agency, public library, or public university or community college shall withhold further payments to the provider pending verification of compliance. Provides that if a provider fails to timely verify that the provider is in compliance, then the school district, State agency, public library, or public university or community college shall consider the provider's act of noncompliance as a breach of contract. Provides that nothing in the Act exempts from prosecution an employee of a school district, State agency, public library, or public university or community college for a willful violation of the provisions of the Criminal Code of 2012 regarding obscenity and child pornography. Sets forth reporting provisions. Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code to provide that the Act applies to charter schools. Effective July 1, 2026.
AI Summary
This bill establishes the Database Resources for Students Act, which mandates strict safety measures for digital and online library database resources provided to K-12 students by school districts, state agencies, public libraries, and public universities or community colleges. The bill requires that these digital resources have robust safety policies and technology protection measures specifically designed to prohibit and prevent users from accessing, sending, receiving, viewing, downloading, or otherwise engaging with child pornography, obscene materials, or content depicting child sexual exploitation. If a resource provider fails to verify compliance with these safety requirements, the educational or library institution must withhold payments and can consider the provider's noncompliance a breach of contract. The bill also requires annual reporting to the General Assembly about any provider noncompliance issues and explicitly states that the act does not exempt employees from potential prosecution for willful violations of criminal laws related to obscenity and child pornography. Additionally, the bill amends the Charter Schools Law to ensure that charter schools are also subject to these database resource safety requirements. The provisions of this act will become effective on July 1, 2026.
Committee Categories
Education
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee (on 03/21/2025)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2817&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104 |
| BillText | https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/104/HB/10400HB2817.htm |
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