| 1 | Representative Ambler offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 25 and 26, insert: |
| 5 | Section 1. Subsection (3) is added to section 257.12, |
| 6 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 7 | 257.12 Division of Library and Information Services |
| 8 | authorized to accept and expend federal funds.-- |
| 9 | (3) All public libraries are encouraged to adopt an |
| 10 | Internet safety education program, including the implementation |
| 11 | of a computer-based educational program, that has been endorsed |
| 12 | by a United States government-sanctioned law enforcement agency |
| 13 | or other reputable organization and is designed for children and |
| 14 | adults. The purpose of the Internet safety education program is |
| 15 | to promote the use of prudent online deportment and broaden |
| 16 | awareness of online predators. The program shall be interactive |
| 17 | and age appropriate. Each library shall annually report to the |
| 18 | division the annual number of users who complete the education |
| 19 | program. By April 1, 2009, the division shall adopt rules for |
| 20 | rewarding those libraries in the program grant application |
| 21 | process which have had 1 percent or more of their annual number |
| 22 | of users, based on the total number of registered borrowers from |
| 23 | the preceding year, complete the education program adopted by |
| 24 | the library. Users completing the program as a result of |
| 25 | strategic partnerships or collaboration between the library and |
| 26 | other entities shall be integrated into the library's annual |
| 27 | report. The division shall adopt rules to, beginning with the |
| 28 | grant application cycle for the 2010-2011 fiscal year, allocate |
| 29 | 10 percent of the total points available in the library services |
| 30 | and technology grant application evaluation process to public |
| 31 | libraries that are in compliance with this section. |
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| 34 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 35 | Between lines 2 and 3, insert: |
| 36 | amending s. 257.12, F.S.; encouraging all public libraries to |
| 37 | implement an Internet safety education program for children and |
| 38 | adults; providing minimum requirements for the program; |
| 39 | requiring libraries to annually report to the Division of |
| 40 | Library and Information Services of the Department of State the |
| 41 | number of users who complete the program; requiring that the |
| 42 | division adopt rules to award additional points to grant |
| 43 | applicants implementing such a program; |