Plain English Breakdown
The official text states these skills must be considered when frameworks and materials are next revised or adopted after January 1, 2024 or 2025, but does not guarantee immediate implementation in all classrooms.
AB-2452: Updating Media Literacy Skills in School Materials
This law adds specific safety and behavior topics to the definition of media literacy that schools must consider when updating their lesson plans.
What This Bill Does
- Adds new details to the existing legal definition of media literacy skills.
- Includes an understanding of time management on social media platforms.
- Includes healthy behaviors while using online tools.
- Teaches students that sharing material online is permanent and cannot be fully erased.
- Covers how to keep personal information safe from threats.
- Adds training to identify cyberbullying, predatory behavior, and human trafficking.
Who It Names or Affects
- The Instructional Quality Commission
- Schools updating English language arts curriculum frameworks
- Schools updating mathematics, science, and history-social science curriculum frameworks
Terms To Know
- Instructional Quality Commission
- The state group that recommends school lesson plans and materials to the State Board of Education.
- Curriculum Frameworks
- Official guides that describe what students should learn in each subject at every grade level.
- Media Literacy
- The ability to find, study, judge, and use information from media sources safely and effectively.
Limits and Unknowns
- This bill only changes the definition of skills; it does not create new funding for teachers or schools.
- The law says these topics must be considered when materials are next updated, but no specific start date is listed in this text.
- The list of safety topics includes 'but is not limited to,' meaning other similar topics could also be added later.