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House committee backs updated 'digital skills' course to teach social-media safety and AI literacy
Summary
The House Education Committee unanimously recommended HB218 as amended, replacing the current middle-school digital-skills class with a course focused on social-media harms, digital privacy, cybersecurity basics and responsible AI, with instruction slated to begin in 2027–28.
Representative Tuscher urged the committee to approve House Bill 218, saying the measure replaces an older 'digital skills' class for seventh- and eighth-graders with a curriculum centered on social-media harms, digital privacy, cybersecurity fundamentals and responsible use of AI.
"We can incorporate that into that class ... so it doesn't add any new additional requirements," Tuscher said, telling lawmakers the change directs the State Board of…
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