[LM_NET] News Flash - Success on Internet Safety Education Act!

[Nancy Willard <nwillard@CSRIU.ORG>]

I have just been informed that S. 2344, the Internet Safety Education Act,
unanimously passed the Senate Judiciary Committee today without amendment.

This bill will establish a competitive grant program of $10 million per year
for 5 years for those providing Internet safety education to students,
parents, and teachers.

The program will be run through DOJ. There are some concerns about this
because DOJ tends to see things through criminal "blinders." But the
division that this will likely be run through (assuming the bill passes
other hurdles) is Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
OJJDP. OJJDP has excellent relations with other players in the safe schools
arena and expertise in the area of risk prevention.

This bill is the very welcome alternative to HR 4134, which would have
provided $25 million to I-Safe. Competition and innovation are very
important at this stage.

Thanks to any of you who contacted your Senators based on my prior request.
And any of you folks in NJ, say a special thanks to your Senator Menendez
for introducing this bill.

Nancy
-- 
Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D.
Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
http://csriu.org
http://cyberbully.org
http://cyber-safe-kids.com
nwillard@csriu.org

Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding to the Challenge of Online Social
Aggression, Threats, and Distress (Research Press)

Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens: Helping Young People Learn to Use the
Internet Safely and Responsibly (Jossey-Bass)

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