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Committee calls up bill to add social-media literacy to education standards amid cell-phone debate
Summary
Representative Prokopiak’s House Bill 2176 would add social-media literacy to State Board standards; members discussed where the programming would occur, interactions with pending cell-phone limits, and whether content belongs in school or at home; the committee voted to call the bill up for consideration.
Representative Prokopiak asked the House Education Committee to call up House Bill 2176, which would require the State Board of Education’s standards to include social-media literacy.
Prokopiak said social media affects mental, physical and academic outcomes and that schools should…
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