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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Adolescent Web Awareness Requires
Education Act'' or the ''AWARE Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Internet is an invaluable tool that is critical to
the ability of the Nation to compete in a global economy. The
Internet provides instant access to research and boundless
information and connects individuals around the world.
(2) About 93 percent of youth ages 12 through 17 years use
online services regularly and nearly 45 percent of children
ages 3 to 11 years will use the Internet on a monthly basis in
2009. Eighty-nine percent of teens have a profile on social
networking sites. Eighty percent of teens ages 13 through 17
years use cell phones, most of which have built-in cameras.
(3) Bullying in schools can take many forms, including
sending insulting, threatening, or offensive messages via
Internet sites, email, instant messaging, cell phone text
messaging, telephone, or any other electronic messaging system.
(4) In a recent survey, 1 in 5 teenagers stated that they
had used their cell phones to send explicit photos of
themselves to a peer, a practice commonly known as ''sexting''.
In most States, such conduct can subject young adults to felony
child pornography charges and the potential punishment of
registering as a sex offender.
(5) The Internet has facilitated the growth of a
multibillion dollar global market for child pornography, far
exceeding the capacity of law enforcement to respond at the
Federal, State, and local level.
(6) Internet safety education, coupled with technology
tools, is the most effective way to resolve and prevent these
crimes and other dangers committed on the Internet and in other
new media.
(7) According to an empirical study of 1,379 fourth grade
students in Virginia, the first State to mandate Internet
safety education in its schools, the students improved their
responses to 8 of 10 Internet safety scenarios after completing
an Internet safety education program, with the greatest
improvement in uncomfortable content and cyberbullying.
(8) The enactment of the Children's Internet Protection Act
(Public Law 106-554; 114 Stat. 2763A-336) mandated that schools
implement Internet safety policies and technology protection
measures in order to receive discounts to obtain affordable
telecommunications and Internet access. Most schools have now
developed acceptable use policies and have implemented
filtering and other technology-based solutions to help protect
children.
(9) However, less than 25 percent of educators feel
comfortable teaching students how to protect themselves from
online predators, bullies, and identity thieves, according to a
recent study by the National Cyber Security Alliance and
Educational Technology Policy, Research, and Outreach. The same
study found that 90 percent of educators have received less
than 6 hours of professional development on issues related to
online security in the past year. As a result, many students
receive little or no education on safe and responsible use of
the Internet and other new media.
(10) The widespread use of the Internet, cell phones,
interactive gaming, and other electronic communication devices
by children both inside and outside of schools suggests that
acceptable use policies and filtering alone cannot resolve
Internet safety concerns and that a greater focus on education
would be beneficial.
(11) In a national poll on children's health, parents
ranked Internet safety fifth among their top health concerns
for children. Yet according to a Common Sense Media poll
conducted in 2006, almost 90 percent of parents say that they
lack the knowledge about how to protect their children online.
For this reason, educating parents about Internet safety is key
to empowering them to understand actual risks and to take an
active role in protecting their children.
(12) The problem of online harassment, or cyberbullying, of
youth by other youths is widespread and results in a range of
children's experiences from minor irritation to severe
emotional harm. The Bureau of Justice Statistics has found that
online harassment tends to begin in third and fourth grade,
peaks in seventh and eighth grade, and continues in reduced
amounts throughout high school, college, and professional
school.
(13) Gang members increasingly are using the Internet as a
recruitment tool to entice would-be members and as an
intimidation tool to threaten rival gangs. Gang members use the
Internet, in particular, to promote their message.
(14) More research is needed in several areas of youth
online safety, including--
(A) the prevention of minor-to-minor solicitation
and other inappropriate use of the Internet;
(B) the prevention of the creation of problematic
content by youths;
(C) the protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender youth and youth with disabilities that may
be particularly vulnerable;
(D) the interplay between socioeconomic class and
risk factors;
(E) the role that pervasive digital image and video
capture devices play in harassment of youth by other
youth and youth production of problematic content;
(F) the intersection of different mobile and
Internet-based technologies; and
(G) the online activities of registered sex
offenders.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are to--
(1) facilitate research and identify best practices in
Internet safety education for youth, parents, and education
officials; and
(2) establish a competitive grant program for State
education agencies, local educational agencies, and nonprofit
organizations to institute best practices relating to Internet
education and the research-based recommendations derived from
the study conducted under this Act.

SEC. 3. GRANT PROGRAM.

(a) Authority To Make Grants.--
(1) In general.--Subject to subsection (e)(1), the Attorney
General, after consultation with the Secretary of Education and
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall make grants
to eligible entities to carry out an Internet safety education
program.
(2) Period.--A grant under this section shall be for a 2-
year period.
(b) Application.--An eligible entity desiring a grant under this
section shall submit an application to the Attorney General, which
shall include--
(1) a description of the partnership arrangements, if any,
of the eligible entity relating to the activities to be carried
out with the grant;
(2) a description of the measurable goals of the eligible
entity relating to the activities to be carried out with the
grant;
(3) a description of how the Internet safety education
program of the eligible entity shall achieve the measurable
goals described in paragraph (2);
(4) a description of the plan of the eligible entity to
continue to implement the Internet safety education program
after the grant under this section ends;
(5) a description of how funds under the grant may be used
and coordinated with Internet safety education programs being
carried out on the date of enactment of this Act or other
Internet safety education programs established with grants
under this section;
(6) a description of the target audience under the proposed
Internet safety education program;
(7) a certification that the eligible entity enforces the
operation of technology protection measures under section
254(h)(5) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
254(h)(5)) if the eligible entity provides Internet access to
minors; and
(8) any other information or assurances required by the
Attorney General.
(c) Prioritization.--In making grants under this section, the
Attorney General shall give priority to an eligible entity that--
(1) identifies and targets at-risk children;
(2) works in partnership with the private sector, law
enforcement, the philanthropic community, the media,
researchers, social services organizations, or other community-
based groups;
(3) provides Internet safety education programs at no cost
to students or schools;
(4) accommodates different languages and language
proficiencies;
(5) accommodates differing levels of technological
sophistication; or
(6) has a viable plan to sustain the Internet safety
education program after the grant program ends.
(d) Use of Funds.--An eligible entity may use a grant under this
section to--
(1) identify, develop, and implement Internet safety
education programs, including educational technology,
multimedia and interactive applications, online resources, and
lesson plans;
(2) provide professional training to elementary and
secondary school teachers, administrators, and other staff on
Internet safety and new media literacy;
(3) educate parents about teaching their children how to
use the Internet and new media safely and responsibly and help
parents identify and protect their children from risks relating
to use of the Internet and new media;
(4) develop online risk prevention programs for children;
(5) train and support peer-driven Internet safety education
initiatives;
(6) coordinate and fund research initiatives that
investigate online risks to children and Internet safety
education; or
(7) develop and implement public education campaigns to
promote awareness of online risks to children and Internet
safety education.
(e) Grant Guidance.--
(1) In general.--Before making grants under this section,
and not later than 1 month after the date on which the study
under paragraph (3)(A) is completed, the applicable agency
heads, in consultation with education groups, internet safety
groups, and other relevant experts in the field of new media
and child safety, shall issue detailed guidance for the grant
program under this section.
(2) Contents of guidance.--The grant guidance shall be
implemented by the Attorney General in accordance with best
practices relating to Internet education and the research-based
recommendations derived from the study conducted under
paragraph (3)(A).
(3) Internet safety research.--
(A) Initial research.--The Attorney General shall
enter into contracts with 1 or more private companies,
government agencies, or nonprofit organizations to
complete a study, not later than 6 months after the
date of enactment of this Act, regarding--
(i) the nature, prevalence, and quality of
Internet safety education programs and any
evidence-based research conducted relating to
the programs;
(ii) findings regarding which children are
most at risk;
(iii) gaps in Internet safety education and
youth online risk research; and
(iv) any other area determined appropriate
by the Attorney General.
(B) Additional research.--Subject to the
availability of appropriations, the Attorney General
shall enter into contracts with private companies,
government agencies, or nonprofit organizations to
conduct additional research regarding the issues
described in subparagraph (A). Any research conducted
under this subparagraph shall be included in the
reports under subsection (g)(3).
(f) Technical Assistance.--The Attorney General shall provide
technical assistance to eligible entities that receive a grant under
this section, which may include maintaining a Web site to facilitate
outreach and communication among the eligible entities that receive a
grant under this section.
(g) Reports.--
(1) Eligible entities.--An eligible entity that receives a
grant under this section shall submit to the Attorney General
and make public an annual report regarding the activities
carried out using funds made available under the grant, which
shall include--
(A) a description of how the eligible entity
implemented the Internet safety education program
carried out with the grant;
(B) a detailed description of the audience reached;
(C) an analysis of whether and to what degree the
goals for the Internet safety education program were
met;
(D) an analysis of the challenges, if any, that
interfered with achieving the goals described in
subparagraph (C);
(E) plans for future Internet safety programs; and
(F) an accounting of the funds used.
(2) Compilation of annual reports for revised grant
guidance.--The Attorney General shall--
(A) review the report under paragraph (1) submitted
by each eligible entity that receives a grant under
this section during the first fiscal year for which
grants under this section are made; and
(B) not later than 6 months after the date on which
all reports described in subparagraph (A) are
submitted, modify, as appropriate, the grant guidance
based on the reports after consultation with the
Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and
Human Services.
(3) Reports to congress.--Not later than 27 months after
the date on which the Attorney General makes the first grant
under this section, and annually thereafter, the applicable
agency heads shall submit to Congress a report regarding the
grant program under this section, which shall include--
(A) a compilation of the information and findings
of the annual reports submitted under paragraph (1);
(B) the findings and conclusions of the applicable
agency heads, including findings and conclusions
relating to the effectiveness of Internet safety
education programs carried out using a grant under this
section; and
(C) best practices identified by the applicable
agency heads relating to Internet safety education.
(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--
(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to
the Attorney General to carry out this section $25,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014.
(2) Limitation.--Of amounts made available to carry out
this section, not more than 5 percent shall be available to
carry out subsections (e), (f), and (g)(2).

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act, the following definitions apply:
(1) Applicable agency heads.--The term ''applicable agency
heads'' means the Attorney General, after consultation with the
Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and Human
Services.
(2) Eligible entity.--The term ''eligible entity'' means--
(A) a partnership between a State educational
agency and 1 or more local educational agencies (as
those terms are defined in section 9101 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7801)) of the State;
(B) a local educational agency;
(C) a nonprofit organization; or
(D) a consortium of elementary schools or secondary
schools (as those terms are defined in section 9101 of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7801)) collaborating with an entity described in
subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).
(3) Grant guidance.--The term ''grant guidance'' means the
grant guidance issued under section 3(e)(1).
(4) Internet safety education program.--The term ''Internet
safety education program'' means an age-appropriate, research-
based program that encourages safe and responsible use of the
Internet, promotes an informed, critical understanding of
Internet dangers, and educates children, parents, and
communities about how to prevent or respond to problems or
dangers related to the Internet or new media.
(5) New media.--The term ''new media''--
(A) means emerging digital, computerized, or
networked information and communication technologies
that often have interactive capabilities; and
(B) includes email, instant messaging, text
messaging, Web sites, blogs, interactive gaming, social
media, cell phones, and mobile devices.
(6) Nonprofit.--The term ''nonprofit'' means an
organization that is described in section 501(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section
501(a) of that Code.
A:
Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act or the AWARE Act - Directs the Attorney General to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), partnerships between states and LEAs, nonprofit organizations, or consortia of elementary and secondary schools that collaborate with such entities to carry out an age-appropriate, research-based Internet safety education program that encourages safe and responsible Internet use.

Requires such program to educate children, parents, and communities about how to prevent or respond to problems or dangers related to the Internet or new media.

Directs the Attorney General to: (1) enter into contracts with one or more private companies, government agencies, or nonprofit organizations to complete a study on Internet safety; and (2) provide technical assistance to grant recipients.