CCSSO reports.....

INTERNET FILTERING LAW POSSIBLE

If many members of Congress get their way this week, federal officials
will be instructed to withhold E-rate discounts from those schools and
libraries that do not install technology to block or filter Internet
access to material that is obscene, child pornography and material that
is harmful to minors and ensure its use at all times -- for adults to
block obscenity and child pornography -- for children to block  all
above categories.  Schools will be expected to monitor online activities
of minors by either supervisory or technological means.  Recipients of
ESEA Title III  funds that involve the purchase of computers or to pay
costs associated with Internet access will also have to certify that
they have purchased the technology to block or filter access.

Philip Hyjek
Information Technology Specialist
VISMT
Dillingham Hall
7 West  Street
Montpelier, VT 05602

802.828.0063
802.828.0076 (fax)
http://www.vismt.org