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Massachusetts
Massachusetts General Laws chapter 71, section 93, policy regarding internet safety measures for public schools providing computer access to students
In force.
An education rule binding government bodies.
- Criminal exposure
- No
- Private right of action
- No
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- This section binds every public school providing computer access to students, acting through its school committee and superintendent or, for a commonwealth charter school, its board of trustees, and names no duty for an online service or an app developer (Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, s. 93).
- Every public school providing computer access to students must have a policy regarding internet safety measures to protect students from inappropriate subject matter and materials that can be accessed via the internet (s. 93).
- Notify the parents or guardians of all students attending the school of the policy (s. 93).
- The school committee, in conjunction with the superintendent, or the board of trustees of a commonwealth charter school, must prescribe the policy and any standards and rules enforcing the policy (s. 93).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
None stated. The section names no regulator, creates no enforcement power and sets no penalty.
What it reaches
Covered services
None directly: the duty runs to public schools providing computer access to students, acting through the school committee and superintendent or the board of trustees of a commonwealth charter school, which must have an internet safety policy to protect students from inappropriate subject matter and materials that can be accessed via the internet.
Instrument type
an act of a legislature
What record it asks for
Logging duty
The section requires a policy and notice to parents or guardians, and requires no log, no audit and no retention period.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Section 93 of chapter 71 of the Massachusetts General Laws requires every public school providing computer access to students to have a policy regarding internet safety measures to protect students from inappropriate subject matter and materials that can be accessed via the internet. Each such school must notify the parents or guardians of all students attending the school of the policy.
The school committee, in conjunction with the superintendent, or the board of trustees of a commonwealth charter school prescribes the policy and any standards and rules enforcing the policy.
When LexLint raises it
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