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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Stern</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to amend Section 48901.8 of the Education Code, relating to pupils. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Pupils: use of social media.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district, a county board of education, and the governing body of a charter school to adopt a policy to limit or prohibit the use by its pupils of social media, as defined, while the pupils are at a schoolsite or while the pupils are under the supervision and control of an employee or employees of that school district, county office of education, or charter school, as provided.</html:p>
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This bill would expressly authorize the governing board of a school district, a county board of education, or the governing body of a charter school to establish a “Wait Until 8
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Section 48901.8 of the
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(a)
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(1)
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The governing board of a school district, a county board of education, or the governing body of a charter school may adopt a policy to limit or prohibit the use by its pupils of social media while the pupils are at a schoolsite or while the pupils are under the supervision and control of an employee or employees of that school district, county office of education, or charter school.
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(2)
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This section does not authorize monitoring, collecting, or otherwise accessing any information related to a pupil’s online activities.
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(b)
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In furtherance of these policies, the governing board of a school
district, a county board of education, or the governing body of a charter school may establish a “Wait Until 8
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For purposes of this section, “social media” means a “social media platform” as that term is defined in Section 22675 of the Business and Professions Code.
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