Bill Text: CT HB05356 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Inclusion Of Social Media Education In The Public School Curriculum.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-27 - Public Hearing 03/03 [HB05356 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05356-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5356
February Session, 2014		LCO No. 1541
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE INCLUSION OF SOCIAL MEDIA EDUCATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULUM.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 10-16b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):

(a) In the public schools the program of instruction offered shall include at least the following subject matter, as taught by legally qualified teachers, the arts; career education; consumer education; health and safety, including, but not limited to, human growth and development, nutrition, first aid, disease prevention, community and consumer health, physical, mental and emotional health, including youth suicide prevention, substance abuse prevention, safety, which may include the dangers of gang membership, [and] accident prevention, and, for grades six to eight, inclusive, the safe use of social media, as defined in section 9-601; language arts, including reading, writing, grammar, speaking and spelling; mathematics; physical education; science; social studies, including, but not limited to, citizenship, economics, geography, government and history; and in addition, on at least the secondary level, one or more world languages and vocational education. For purposes of this subsection, world languages shall include American Sign Language, provided such subject matter is taught by a qualified instructor under the supervision of a teacher who holds a certificate issued by the State Board of Education. For purposes of this subsection, the "arts" means any form of visual or performing arts, which may include, but not be limited to, dance, music, art and theatre.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2014	10-16b(a)

Statement of Purpose:

To include social media use education in the prescribed courses of study in the public school curriculum.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]