General Assembly

January Session, 2015

Proposed Bill No. 62

LCO No. 427

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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
SEN. GERRATANA, 6th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE INCLUSION OF MEDIA LITERACY SKILLS
INSTRUCTION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULUM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That subsection (d) of section 10-16b of the general statutes be amended to
require the State Board of Education to encourage local and regional boards
of education to offer media literacy as part of the program of instruction
offered in the public school curriculum.
Statement of Purpose:
To offer media literacy instruction in the public schools.