Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
Filed: 4/9/2018
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5096 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5096 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Section 
527-20.08 as follows:
 
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 
9access, analyze, evaluate, create, and communicate using a 
10variety of forms, including, but not limited to, print, visual, 
11audio, interactive, and digital texts.
12    (b) Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, every public 
13high school may include in its curriculum a unit of instruction 
14on media literacy. The unit of instruction shall include, but 
15is not limited to, analyzing: 
16        (1) the purpose of media messages and how they are 
 
 
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1    constructed;
2        (2) explicit and implicit media messages;
3        (3) values and points of view that are included and 
4    excluded in the media;
5        (4) how the media may influence ideas and behaviors; 
6    and
7        (5) the importance of obtaining information from 
8    multiple media sources. 
9    (c) The State Superintendent of Education may prepare and 
10make available to school boards instructional materials that 
11may be used as guidelines for development of a unit of 
12instruction under this Section. 
 
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
14becoming law.".