72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
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LC 2270
 
                         House Bill 2904
 
Sponsored by Representative KRUMMEL
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Establishes pilot program of Cyber Awareness, Responsibility
and Ethics to help students become safe and responsible citizens
of cyber community. Allows school districts to apply for grants
from Department of Education to pay for participation in pilot
program.
  Sunsets July 1, 2005.
  Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2003.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to pilot program of Cyber Awareness, Responsibility and
  Ethics; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) There is established for the 2003-2004 and
2004-2005 school years the pilot program of Cyber Awareness,
Responsibility and Ethics (CARE).
  (2) The goal of the pilot program is to help students who are
12 to 14 years of age become safe and responsible citizens of the
cyber community. To meet this goal, the pilot program shall
encourage:
  (a) Partnerships between school districts and local law
enforcement agencies to have members of local law enforcement
agencies act as mentors and provide focus, oversight and guidance
in the classroom; and
  (b) Peer teaching among students.
  (3) School districts wishing to participate in the pilot
program may apply to the Department of Education for grants to be
used for the program, including the purchase of instructional
materials that have been developed for the program. An
application submitted by a school district under this subsection
must include the following statements:
  (a) How the school district will implement the pilot program;
  (b) How the school district will encourage students to
participate in the pilot program; and
  (c) Which local law enforcement agencies will form partnerships
with the school district.
  (4) At the end of the 2003-2004 school year, each school
district participating in the pilot program shall report to the
department on the progress of the program. The report shall
include:
  (a) The number of students participating in the pilot program;
 
  (b) The local law enforcement agencies that formed a
partnership with the school district; and
  (c) An assessment of student attitudes toward the cyber
community.
  (5) Prior to February 1, 2005, the department shall report to
the Seventy-third Legislative Assembly on the results of the
pilot program. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) In addition to those moneys distributed
through the State School Fund, for the biennium beginning July 1,
2003, the Department of Education shall award grants to school
districts to participate in the pilot program established under
section 1 of this 2003 Act and to purchase any materials required
for the program.
  (2) Each school district may apply for a grant under this
section.
  (3) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules:
  (a) To establish the criteria for awarding grants based on the
goals of the pilot program;
  (b) To determine the amount of each grant, which may not exceed
$40,000 per school district per school year; and
  (c) That are necessary for the administration of the pilot
program. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Sections 1 and 2 of this 2003 Act are repealed
on July 1, 2005. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + (1) There is appropriated to the Department of
Education, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2003, out of the
General Fund, the amount of $200,000 for the purpose of awarding
grants to school districts under section 2 of this 2003 Act.
  (2) Of the moneys received by the Department of Education under
subsection (1) of this section, the department may retain no more
than five percent of the moneys to pay for expenses incurred by
the department in the administration of the pilot program
established under section 1 of this 2003 Act. + }
  SECTION 5.  { + This 2003 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2003 Act takes effect July 1,
2003. + }
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