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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Handy, Amore, O'Brien, Marshall, and Marszalkowski | |
Date Introduced: March 01, 2017 | |
Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 16-22 of the General Laws entitled "Curriculum [See Title 16 |
2 | Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]" is hereby amended by adding thereto |
3 | the following section: |
4 | 16-22-28. Instruction in media literacy. |
5 | The department of elementary and secondary education shall consider, in consultation |
6 | with national or statewide organizations focused on media literacy, the incorporation of media |
7 | literacy education into the board of education’s basic education program regulations. |
8 | For the purposes of this section "media literacy" means the ability to access, analyze, |
9 | evaluate, create and communicate using a variety of forms, including, but not limited to, print, |
10 | visual, audio, interactive, and digital texts. |
11 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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1 | This act would require the department of education to consider incorporating media |
2 | literacy education in the basic education program. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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