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- Referred to education
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BILL NUMBER:S924
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting certain telecommunications contracts
Purpose
To prohibit school boards from entering into a contract granting exclusive advertising rights to any person; or entering into a contract that prohibits the board, a member thereof, a district employee or a student from disparaging the goods or services of the person contracting with the school board; or entering into a contract for telecommunications goods or services that are provided to the district at a price below market value with the expectation that the goods or services will be used to disseminate advertising to students.
Summary of provisions
This legislation would prohibit school districts from entering into contracts which require that various forms of advertising be disseminated to students.
Justification
Increasingly, schools and school districts around the State are turning to contracts with private enterprise to help fund their educational or athletic programs. In return for their donations, companies are granted access to students either for the purpose of advertising their products or actually selling their products to students, sometimes on an exclusive basis. Children are subject to a constant barrage of advertising, even before they are old enough to enter school, on television, radio, videos and over the Internet. Schools should be the one safe haven where they are presented with factual information, free from the pressures of commercial advertising.
Prior legislative history
2000-2010: S.4156 - Referred to and Died in Senate Education Committee 2011-2012: S.251 - Referred to and died in Senate Education Committee 2013-2014: S.1325 - Referred to and died in Senate Education Committee
Fiscal implications
None to state; some loss of revenue to local school districts.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to contracts entered into, modified, extended or renewed on and after such date.
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