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From: "Jacobs, Pam [ED]" <pam.jac...@iowa.gov>
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 10:09 AM
To: "Media Director's Listserv" <media_...@lists.iptv.org>
Subject: Update on new CIPA requirement
| Greetings,
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| Many of you received an e-mail message from a company selling a product
for Internet safety per Congressional action last fall. Some of you
e-mailed me asking if you were required to take some immediate action on the
new law. Here's information from my colleagues in New York which describes
that you do NOT have to take any immediate action.
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| Please call me if you have questions.
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| Update on the New CIPA Requirement:
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| Last October, a new law was enacted, entitled in part "Protecting Children
in the 21st Century Act," which imposed an additional CIPA requirement for
E-rate applicants' Internet Safety Policies. Under this Act, policies must
include "... educating minors about appropriate online behavior, including
interacting with other individuals on social networking websites and in chat
rooms and cyberbullying awareness and response."
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| Recently, applicants have reported receiving e-mails from a company
selling Internet safety and compliance packages. The company suggests that
applicants are at immediate risk of losing E-rate funding if they are not
already complying with the new requirement. The FCC, on the other hand, has
not yet provided guidance on either the timing or substance of the new
requirement. We understand that the FCC is preparing to issue a Notice of
Public Rulemaking ("NPRM") later this year as a prelude to developing
revised CIPA regulations. Until this occurs, we see little risk of E-rate
applicants being held liable retroactively.
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| We do recommend, however, that applicants who are currently writing or
rewriting their Internet Safety Policies plan to incorporate a basic
component dealing with online behavior education. E-Rate Central's Primer
on Internet Safety Policies and CIPA
(http://e-ratecentral.com/CIPA/cipa_policy_primer.pdf
<http://e-ratecentral.com/CIPA/cipa_policy_primer.pdf> ) has been updated to
include the new requirement.
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| Pam
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| Pamela Pfitzenmaier Jacobs, Ph.D.
| Iowa E-rate Coordinator
| Iowa Department of Education
| Grimes Office Building
| Des Moines, Iowa 50319
| phone 515-975-0071
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