SENATE, No.

1761
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
216th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED MARCH 17, 2014
Sponsored by:
Senator DIANE B. ALLEN
District 7 (Burlington)

SYNOPSIS
Requires Department of Education to encourage boards of education to offer instruction in
media literacy.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
AN ACT concerning the teaching of media literacy and supplementing chapter 35 of Title 18A of
the New Jersey Statutes.

BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Department of Education shall encourage each board of education to offer instruction
in media literacy, including the means to demystify violent images, and shall study the feasibility
of incorporating the instruction into the curriculum framework that is developed to implement
the Common Core State Standards in English-Language Arts.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Department of Education to encourage each board of education to offer
instruction in media literacy, including the means to demystify violent images, and to study the
feasibility of incorporating the instruction into the curriculum framework that is developed to
implement the Common Core State Standards in English-Language Arts.
The bill implements a recommendation of the Assembly Task Force on Adolescent Violence.