Texas SCOPE Act (HB 18) Compliance | Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment Act

Is your Texas district SCOPE-compliant?

Texas’ Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act, also known as House Bill 18 (HB 18), is aimed at protecting students online. Article III of the act is specific to K-12 districts and put various requirements on schools.

The State will enforce the SCOPE Act with fines of $10,000 per violation.

The SCOPE Act (aka HB 18) focuses on: 

Empowering parents with additional rights and tools to keep their children safe online
Providing enhanced online privacy protections for children
Placing a duty on digital service providers to limit access to harmful online content
Requiring the adoption of standards for permissible electronic devices and software applications used in school districts

Lightspeed is here to help with SCOPE compliance and other regulations.

Download this easy-to-follow School District Compliance Guide to quickly get up to speed on the requirements and the Lightspeed solutions that simplify your life and enable full compliance.

What’s inside:

SCOPE Act requirements.
School district impacts.
How Lightspeed’s solutions enable full compliance.
Deployment solutions and resources.

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Watch the on-demand recording of our webinar, SCOPE Compliance Made Easy, to learn how Lightspeed solutions make it easy for you to not only meet but exceed SCOPE Act requirements.

We’ll share basics of this legislation and walk through you how Lightspeed’s portfolio of products helps your district align with the SCOPE Act’s requirements effectively and efficiently.

Keeping parents informed and involved in edtech decisions is a key goal of the SCOPE Act.

Lightspeed’s Parent Portal (included with Lightspeed Filter) makes it easy. Parents can see student activity and manage after-school device use, YouTube access, social media access, and more (all within safe parameters set by the district).

SCOPE Act Article III Requirement	Lightspeed Digital Insight	Lightspeed Filter	Lightspeed Alert
Minimize data collection on students
Ensure direct and informed parental consent
Ensure apps don't conduct mental health assessments
Ensure parents are provided critical resources
Specify periods of device deactivation
Adjustment of device use by age level
Restriction to social media sites and apps
Evaluate alternative social media apps
Notification to administrators regarding student welfare
Assign duty to receive complaints
Method to ensure operator compliance
Remove confidential, offensive, or proprietary information from devices
Adopt programs promoting parental involvement
Install filter that blocks pornographic or obscene material

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Lightspeed Digital Insight™

App privacy & compliance management

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Lightspeed Filter™

Device controls & Parent Portal

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Lightspeed Alert™

Student safety monitoring and real-time notifications

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Lightspeed Systems is proud to partner with thousands of Texas districts & schools to provide safe, secure, and equitable education—effortlessly.

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Your SCOPE audit & evaluation includes:

Free trial of all recommended Lightspeed solutions
Ongoing consultation with your expert engineers & sales team
Data review to assess your district’s app and compliance posture

What Texas School Districts Need to Know About the SCOPE Act (Texas House Bill No. 18)

On June 13, 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Texas House Bill No. 18, the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment Act, also known as the SCOPE Act.

Webinar: Texas SCOPE Act Made Easy

What Texas Schools Need to Know About the SCOPE Act

Download this easy-to-follow School District Compliance Guide to quickly get up to speed on the requirements and the Lightspeed solutions that simplify your life and enable full compliance.

Compliance – SCOPE Act

Is your Texas district SCOPE-compliant?

Lightspeed is here to help with SCOPE compliance and other regulations.

Get the eBook What Texas Schools Need to Know About the SCOPE Act

Watch the Webinar SCOPE Compliance Made Easy

Watch the video Parental Empowerment with Lightspeed

Deploy Lightspeed for SCOPE Compliance

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