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Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
Filed: 3/22/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 234
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 234 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 27-20.08 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-20.08 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 27-20.08. Media literacy. |
| 8 | | (a) In this Section, "media literacy" means the ability to |
| 9 | | access, analyze, evaluate, create, and communicate using a |
| 10 | | variety of objective forms, including, but not limited to, |
| 11 | | print, visual, audio, interactive, and digital texts. |
| 12 | | (b) Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, every public |
| 13 | | high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of |
| 14 | | instruction on media literacy. The unit of instruction shall |
| 15 | | include, but is not limited to, all of the following topics: |
| 16 | | (1) Accessing information: Evaluating multiple media |
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| 1 | | platforms to better understand the general landscape and |
| 2 | | economics of the platforms, as well as issues regarding |
| 3 | | the trustworthiness of the source of information. |
| 4 | | (2) Analyzing and evaluating media messages: |
| 5 | | Deconstructing media representations according to the |
| 6 | | authors, target audience, techniques, agenda setting, |
| 7 | | stereotypes, and authenticity to distinguish fact from |
| 8 | | opinion. |
| 9 | | (3) Creating media: Conveying a coherent message using |
| 10 | | multimodal practices to a specific target audience. This |
| 11 | | may include, but is not limited to, writing blogs, |
| 12 | | composing songs, designing video games, producing |
| 13 | | podcasts, making videos, or coding a mobile or software |
| 14 | | application. |
| 15 | | (4) Reflecting on media consumption: Assessing how |
| 16 | | media affects the consumption of information and how it |
| 17 | | triggers emotions and behavior. |
| 18 | | (5) Social responsibility and civics: Suggesting a |
| 19 | | plan of action in the class, school, or community to |
| 20 | | engage others in a respectful, thoughtful, and inclusive |
| 21 | | dialogue over a specific issue using facts and reason. |
| 22 | | (c) The State Board of Education shall determine how to |
| 23 | | prepare and make available instructional resources and |
| 24 | | professional learning opportunities for educators that may be |
| 25 | | used for the development of a unit of instruction under this |
| 26 | | Section.
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