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Florida
District school boards, prohibiting and preventing student access to social media platforms on school district Internet access (Fla. Stat. 1003.02(1)(g)4.)
In force since .
An education rule binding government bodies.
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- This paragraph binds each district school board and places no duty on an online service, an app developer or a social media platform (Fla. Stat. 1003.02(1)(g)4.).
- Prohibit and prevent students from accessing social media platforms through the use of Internet access provided by the school district, except when expressly directed by a teacher solely for educational purposes (Fla. Stat. 1003.02(1)(g)4.).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What it reaches
Covered services
District school boards, for student access to social media platforms through Internet access provided by the school district.
Instrument type
an act of a legislature
What record it asks for
Logging duty
The paragraph requires a board to prohibit and prevent student access to social media platforms and requires no age check, no log and no retention period.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Each district school board must prohibit and prevent students from accessing social media platforms through the use of Internet access provided by the school district. The prohibition does not apply when a teacher expressly directs the access solely for educational purposes.
Chapter 2023-36, Laws of Florida, which is House Bill 379 of 2023, describes the requirement as one that each school district prohibit and prevent student access to social media through Internet access provided by the school district. The Governor approved chapter 2023-36 on . Chapter 2023-36 took effect on .
When LexLint raises it
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