US Congress Senate Bill 2240 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on July 23 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-07-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of Education to award grants to state and local educational agencies to promote media literacy and digital citizenship. Media literacy includes the ability to access relevant information, analyze media content, evaluate the accuracy of information, and make educated decisions about products and services, education, health, and wellness based on information obtained from media and digital sources. Digital citizenship includes the ability to safely, responsibly, and ethically use communication technologies and to participate in the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of life related to technology and the digital world. A state educational agency must use grant funds to carry out one or more specified activities, specifically (1) creating and supporting a media literacy advisory council, (2) assisting local educational agencies in the development of instruction in media literacy, (3) assisting local agencies in developing means of evaluating student learning in media literacy, and (4) assisting local agencies in developing or providing professional development for teachers that relates to media literacy.

Digital Citizenship and Media Literacy Act

Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-23	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB4668 (Related) 2019-10-11 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2240/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2240/BILLS-116s2240is.pdf