Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Eyes on the Board Act of 2023

Definitions

In this Act:(1)

Commission

The term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission.(2)

Covered support

The term covered support means support from—(A)the E-Rate program; or(B)the Emergency Connectivity Fund.(3)

Emergency Connectivity Fund

The term Emergency Connectivity Fund means the fund established under section 7402(c)(1) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (47 U.S.C. 254 note).(4)

E-rate program

The term E-rate program means the universal service program for schools and libraries established under section 254(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)), the rules of which are set forth under subpart F of part 54 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulations. (5)

Social media platform

The term social media platform—(A)means any website, online service, online application, or mobile application that— (i)serves the public; and (ii)primarily provides a forum for users to communicate user-generated content, including messages, videos, images, games, and audio files, to other online users; and (B)does not include—(i)an internet service provider;(ii)electronic mail; or(iii)an online service, application, or website—(I)that consists primarily of content that is not user-generated, but is preselected by the provider; and(II)for which any chat, comment, or interactive functionality is incidental to, directly related to, or dependent on the provision of content described in subclause (I).

Prohibition on use of school broadband subsidies for access to social media platforms

(a)

Prohibition

(1)

In general

Except for purposes of complying with section 254(h)(5)(B)(iii) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)(5)(B)(iii)), a school that receives covered support may not allow access to a social media platform to students on any supported service, device, or network.(2)

Rule of construction

Nothing in paragraph (1) may be construed to prohibit parent-sanctioned learning management systems and school information systems used for purposes of schools conveying content related to the education of students.(b)

Certification

(1)

Certification for E-Rate applicants

Beginning in the first funding year that begins after the date of enactment of this Act, each school applying for support under the E-Rate program (without regard to whether the school submits an application directly for that support or such an application is submitted on behalf of the school by a consortium or school district), as a condition for receiving that support, shall, during each annual application cycle, certify that the school will comply with the requirements of this section for the year covered by the application.(2)

Certification for emergency connectivity fund applicants

The Commission may not provide support from amounts made available from the Emergency Connectivity Fund to any school that has not certified compliance with the requirements of this section as of the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.(c)

Enforcement

The Commission shall— (1)not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, amend the rules of the Commission to carry out this section; and (2)enforce this section, and any rules issued under this section, as if this section and those rules were part of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) or the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2; 135 Stat. 4), as applicable, or the rules issued under either such Act.

Empowering transparency and parental limits on screen time in schools

(a)

In general

Section 254(h)(5)(B) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)(5)(B)) is amended—(1)in clause (ii), by striking and at the end;(2)in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and(3)by adding at the end the following:

(iv)has adopted a screen time policy that includes guidelines, disaggregated by grade, for the number of hours and uses of screen time that may be assigned to students, whether during school hours or as homework, on a regular basis.

(b)

Certification and reporting

Beginning in the first funding year that begins after the date of enactment of this Act, each school seeking covered support (without regard to whether the school submits an application directly for that covered support or such an application is submitted on behalf of the school by a consortium or school district) shall, as a condition of receiving that covered support—(1)certify that the school will comply with the requirements of this section and the amendments made by this section for the year covered by the application; and(2)provide to the Commission a copy of the screen time policy of the school to which the certification relates.(c)

Commission requirements

The Commission shall, not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, amend the rules of the Commission to carry out this section and the amendments made by this section.

Internet safety policies

Section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254) is amended—(1)in subsection (h)(5)—(A)in subparagraph (A)(i)—(i)in subclause (I), by inserting and copies of the internet safety policy and screen time policy to which each such certification pertains before the semicolon at the end; and(ii)in subclause (II)—(I)by striking Commission and all that follows through the end of the subclause and inserting the following:

Commission—(aa)a certification that an internet safety policy and screen time policy described in subclause (I) have been adopted and implemented for the school; and

; and

(II)by adding at the end the following:

(bb)copies of the internet safety policy and screen time policy described in item (aa); and

; and

(B)by adding at the end the following:

(G)

Database of internet safety and screen time policies

The Commission shall establish an easily accessible, public database that contains each internet safety policy and screen time policy submitted to the Commission under subclauses (I) and (II) of subparagraph (A)(i).

; and

(2)in subsection (l), by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:

(3)

Availability for review

A copy of each internet safety policy adopted by a library under this subsection shall be made available to the Commission, upon request of the Commission, by the library for purposes of the review of the internet safety policy by the Commission.