| 1 | Representative Kiar offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 13 and 14, 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, which has been endorsed |
| 12 | by a government-sanctioned law enforcement agency or other |
| 13 | reputable public safety advocacy organization and is designed |
| 14 | for children and adults. The purpose of the Internet safety |
| 15 | education program is to promote the use of prudent online |
| 16 | deportment and broaden awareness of online predators. The |
| 17 | program must be interactive and age-appropriate. Each library |
| 18 | shall annually report to the division the annual number of |
| 19 | program participants who complete the Internet safety education |
| 20 | program. By April 1, 2010, the division shall adopt rules for |
| 21 | rewarding those libraries in the program grant application |
| 22 | process which have had 1 percent or more of their annual number |
| 23 | of program participants, based on the total number of registered |
| 24 | borrowers from the preceding year, complete the Internet safety |
| 25 | education program adopted by the library. Program participants |
| 26 | completing the program as a result of strategic partnerships or |
| 27 | collaboration between the library and other entities shall be |
| 28 | integrated into the library's annual report. The division shall |
| 29 | adopt rules to allocate 10 percent of the total points available |
| 30 | in the library services and technology grant application |
| 31 | evaluation process to public libraries that are in compliance |
| 32 | with this section, beginning with the grant application cycle |
| 33 | for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. |
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| 36 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 37 | Remove line 2 and insert: |
| 38 | An act relating to sexual offenders and predators; amending |
| 39 | s. 257.12, F.S.; encouraging all public libraries to |
| 40 | implement an Internet safety education program for children |
| 41 | and adults; providing minimum requirements for the program; |
| 42 | requiring libraries to annually report to the Division of |
| 43 | Library and Information Services of the Department of State |
| 44 | the number of participants who complete the program; |
| 45 | requiring that the division adopt rules to award additional |
| 46 | points to grant applicants implementing such a program; |