Bill Text: IL HB5096 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, every public high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction on media literacy; defines "media literacy". Provides requirements for the unit of instruction. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make available to school boards instructional materials that may be used as guidelines for the unit of instruction. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5096 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB5096-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB5096 Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/27-20.08 new
Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, every public high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction on media literacy; defines "media literacy". Provides requirements for the unit of instruction. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education may prepare and make available to school boards instructional materials that may be used as guidelines for the unit of instruction. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
27-20.08 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/27-20.08 new)
Sec. 27-20.08. Media literacy.
(a) In this Section, "media literacy" means the ability to
access, analyze, evaluate, create, and communicate using a
variety of forms, including, but not limited to, print, visual,
audio, interactive, and digital texts.
(b) Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, every public
high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of
instruction on media literacy. The unit of instruction shall
include, but is not limited to, analyzing:
(1) the purpose of media messages and how they are
constructed;
(2) explicit and implicit media messages;
(3) values and points of view that are included and
excluded in the media;
(4) how the media may influence ideas and behaviors;
and
(5) the importance of obtaining information from

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multiple media sources.
(c) The State Superintendent of Education may prepare and
make available to school boards instructional materials that
may be used as guidelines for development of a unit of
instruction under this Section.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.