Relates to requiring the department of education to provide school districts with a list of resources and instructional materials on media literacy; defines terms.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7891
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 13, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed 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-six, 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.
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