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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB1559 Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, every public high school may 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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| | HB1559 | | LRB101 05004 AXK 50013 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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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 forms, including, but not limited to, print, visual, |
| 11 | | audio, interactive, and digital texts. |
| 12 | | (b) Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, every public |
| 13 | | high school may include in its curriculum a unit of instruction |
| 14 | | on media literacy. The unit of instruction shall include, but |
| 15 | | is not limited to, analyzing: |
| 16 | | (1) the purpose of media messages and how they are |
| 17 | | constructed; |
| 18 | | (2) explicit and implicit media messages; |
| 19 | | (3) values and points of view that are included and |
| 20 | | excluded in the media; |
| 21 | | (4) how the media may influence ideas and behaviors; |
| 22 | | and |
| 23 | | (5) the importance of obtaining information from |