Bill Text: NY A00468 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to requiring the department of education to provide school districts with a list of resources and instructional materials on media literacy; defines terms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to education [A00468 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A00468-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           468

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the  depart-
          ment of education to provide school districts with a list of resources
          and instructional materials on media literacy

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 756 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 756. Media literacy materials. 1. For the purposes of this  section,
     4  the following terms shall have the following meanings:
     5    a.  "digital  citizenship"  means  a  diverse set of skills related to
     6  current technology and social media, including the norms of appropriate,
     7  responsible, and healthy behavior.
     8    b. "media literacy" means the ability to  access,  analyze,  evaluate,
     9  and  use  media  and  encompasses  the  foundational skills that lead to
    10  digital citizenship.
    11    2. On or before July first, two thousand  twenty-two,  the  department
    12  shall  make available to school districts on its internet website a list
    13  of resources and instructional materials on  media  literacy,  including
    14  media literacy professional development programs for teachers.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03231-01-1