Bill Title: Enacts the "media literacy act"; requires teachers and library media specialists to complete professional development related to media literacy education; requires a school library media specialist in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior high and senior high school; directs the commissioner of education to appoint a media literacy advisory committee to study the teaching of media literacy; creates a media literacy advisory committee to annually review policy and procedures on media literacy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-26 - referred to education [A08891 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-067	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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