HB 1482-FN-LOCAL – AS INTRODUCED
2008 SESSION
04/03
HOUSE BILL 1482-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT requiring schools and school libraries to install Internet filters.
SPONSORS: Rep. Price, Hills 26; Rep. Welch, Rock 8; Rep. Dunn, Ches 3; Rep. W. Knowles, Straf 6
This bill requires public schools and school libraries to install Internet filtering software.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
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08-2518
04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT requiring schools and school libraries to install Internet filters.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Internet Filters. Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 11-b the following new section:
189:11-c Internet Filters. All public schools and public school libraries in the state shall install Internet filtering software designed to restrict access to pornographic materials and any other sites frequented by child predators. The local school board shall enforce the implementation of this section.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.
LBAO
08-2518
10/25/07
HB 1482-FN-LOCAL - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT requiring schools and school libraries to install Internet filters.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Education states this bill may increase local expenditures by $13,750 in FY 2010, $13,890 in FY 2011, and $14,030 in FY 2012. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county, and local revenue or state and county expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Education states this bill requires schools and school libraries to install Internet filtering software beginning in FY 2010. The Department states all but five school districts in New Hampshire currently have Internet filtering in place because the federal Children’s Internet Protection Act requires school districts to filter if they receive federal technology funds under the federal No Child Left Behind Act or participate in the federal “E-Rate” program for Internet connectivity.
The Department assumes school districts without Internet filters will bear the cost for filters since there is no state funding for school educational technology purchases. The Department reviewed data from the Annual School District Technology Survey from the 2006-2007 school year, which revealed school districts use 24 different Internet filtering software solutions. The Department also queried several school district technology coordinators to determine average costs for this technology. Annual school district costs varied from $120 to $8,000, depending on the extent of filtering desired, with an average of $2,750. The Department estimated the annual cost to the five school districts that do not currently have Internet filters will be $2,750 beginning in FY 2010, with the cost increasing 1% in each subsequent year.
FY 2010
5 school districts x $2,750 = $13,750
FY 2011
5 school districts x $2,778= $13,890
FY 2012
5 school districts x $2,806 = $14,030