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A00094 Summary:

BILL NOA00094
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORRosenthal L (MS)
 
COSPNSRThiele, Kelles
 
MLTSPNSRSimon
 
Add §756, Ed L
 
Directs the commissioner of education to appoint a media literacy advisory committee to study the teaching of media literacy; requires such committee to annually review policy on media literacy.
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A00094 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           94
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 4, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, THIELE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
          of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
        AN ACT to direct the commissioner of education to appoint a media liter-
          acy advisory committee to study the teaching of media literacy; and to
          amend the education law, in relation  to  creating  a  media  literacy
          advisory  committee  to annually review policy and procedures on media
          literacy
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. For purposes of this act, "media literacy" shall be consid-
     2  ered  a  broad term that encompasses consumption and production of media
     3  and digital products and is defined as the ability to  access,  analyze,
     4  evaluate,  act  and  create  with all forms of communication, and encom-
     5  passes the foundational skills of digital citizenship and internet safe-
     6  ty including the norms of appropriate,  responsible,  healthy  behavior,
     7  and cyberbullying prevention.
     8    §  2.  The  commissioner  of education, in cooperation with experts in
     9  media literacy, the board of regents of the university of the  state  of
    10  New  York,  and  stakeholders  including  educators  and  parents, shall
    11  appoint a media literacy advisory committee ("committee") to  conduct  a
    12  study on teaching of media literacy in schools.
    13    §  3. The committee shall make a report of its findings, including any
    14  recommendations for legislative action as  it  may  deem  necessary  and
    15  appropriate, best practices for instruction that provides guidance about
    16  thoughtful, safe, and strategic uses of online and other media resources
    17  and  education  on  how to apply critical thinking skills when consuming
    18  and producing media in any form. These recommendations  and  best  prac-
    19  tices may include, but are not limited to:
    20    (a) revisions to state education standards and the state instructional
    21  technology plan;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00033-01-3

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     1    (b)  revisions to policies and procedures on media literacy, including
     2  digital citizenship and internet safety;
     3    (c)  school  district processes necessary to develop customized school
     4  district policies and procedures on electronic  resources  and  internet
     5  safety that can be used within a school district technology plan;
     6    (d)  best  practices,  resources,  and models for instruction in media
     7  literacy;
     8    (e) best practices, resources, and models for instruction  of  digital
     9  citizenship,  including  media  literacy,  that  are  compliant with the
    10  federal universal service e-rate program administered by the schools and
    11  libraries division of the universal service administrative  company  and
    12  federal   mandates   established  in  the  federal  children's  internet
    13  protection act; and
    14    (f) strategies that will support school districts in local implementa-
    15  tion of the best practices and recommendations developed by the  commit-
    16  tee,  including  strategies  for  delivering professional development to
    17  educators and administrators.
    18    § 4. The report required by section three of this act shall be  deliv-
    19  ered  to  the  governor,  the  temporary president of the senate and the
    20  speaker of the assembly no later than one year after the effective  date
    21  of this act.
    22    §  5. The education law is amended by adding a new section 756 to read
    23  as follows:
    24    § 756. Annual review of media literacy policy and procedures.  1.  For
    25  purposes  of  this section, "media literacy" shall be considered a broad
    26  term that encompasses consumption and production of  media  and  digital
    27  products and is defined as the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, act
    28  and  create with all forms of communication, and encompasses the founda-
    29  tional skills of digital citizenship and internet safety  including  the
    30  norms  of  appropriate, responsible, healthy behavior, and cyberbullying
    31  prevention.
    32    2. Beginning in the two thousand twenty-four--two thousand twenty-five
    33  school year, a media literacy advisory committee shall be created within
    34  the department to review and amend the policy and  procedures  on  media
    35  literacy.  The  committee,  in  conjunction  with  national or statewide
    36  organizations focused on media literacy, shall:
    37    (a) involve a representation of parents or guardians, teachers, teach-
    38  er librarians, other school employees,  school  administrators,  pupils,
    39  and  community  representatives  with  experience  or expertise in media
    40  literacy issues;
    41    (b) consider customizing the model policy and procedures on electronic
    42  resources;
    43    (c) consider existing school district resources; and
    44    (d) consider best practices, resources, and models for instruction  in
    45  media literacy, including methods to involve parents.
    46    § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
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