53H-4-213.7. Educational telecommunications -- Digital resource standards.
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Effective 10/14/2025
53H-4-213.7. Educational telecommunications -- Digital resource standards.
(1)A digital resource purchased or licensed by UETN and offered to students in public schools must have safety policies and technology protection measures that:
(a)prohibit and prevent a public school student using the resource from sending, receiving, viewing, or downloading obscene or pornographic material; and
(b)filter or block access to obscene or pornographic material.
(a)Regardless of any contract provision to the contrary, if UETN discovers a digital resource does not meet the requirements described in Subsection
(1), UETN:
(i)shall notify the digital resource provider; and
(ii)may withhold future payments pending the digital resource provider's compliance with Subsection
(1).
(b)A digital resource provider is in breach of contract if the digital resource provider fails to verify compliance with Subsection
(1)within 90 days after the day on which UETN provides the notice described in Subsection (2)(a)(i) .
(c)A contract UETN enters into for a digital resource shall contain provisions that comply with this section.
(3)Before November 30 of each year, UETN shall submit a report to the Education Interim Committee detailing all instances of a digital resource provider's failure to comply with the provisions of this section.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8 , 2025 Special Session 1