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This bill requires local education agencies (LEAs), which are public school districts, and public charter schools to adopt and enforce internet acceptable use policies that include specific internet safety protocols for students, guidelines for communicating with parents about online safety, rules to protect students using direct electronic communication like email, and safeguards to prevent the disclosure of student personal information. These policies must also limit student access to only websites deemed acceptable by the school, prohibiting content that is harmful, pornographic, obscene, excessively violent or frightening without educational value, promotes self-harm, or is otherwise harmful to minors. The bill also mandates that providers of digital or online educational resources must ensure their materials do not violate these standards, filter harmful content, and allow schools to request the removal of inappropriate materials within one business day. Furthermore, LEAs and public charter schools are permitted to create email addresses for students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade solely for identification in security or grading software, but these young students will not be able to send or receive emails. The bill also requires an annual audit of each school's compliance with its internet acceptable use policy, with the results to be published online, and mandates that parents be notified if a student under 18 violates the policy.

Education

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1912&ga=114