3.0.0 2240 2022-11-01T13:50:27Z 2022-11-01T13:50:27Z Senate S 2019-07-23 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-07-23T22:19:59Z Digital Citizenship and Media Literacy Act 116 4668 HR 2019-10-11 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS 2019-07-23 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-07-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2019-07-23 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2019-07-23 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2019-07-23 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2019-07-25 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2019-07-25 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2019-07-31 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2019-10-23 False Education Academic performance and assessments Advisory bodies Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Digital media Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government information and archives Government studies and investigations News media and reporting School administration Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2019-07-23 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-15T14:13:22Z Digital Citizenship and Media Literacy Act

This bill 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 Display Title Digital Citizenship and Media Literacy Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Digital Citizenship and Media Literacy Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote digital citizenship and media literacy. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2240is/xml/BILLS-116s2240is.xml 2019-07-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.