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Committee advances bill to limit and define screen-based instruction; amendment would extend standards through high school
Summary
The House Education Policy Committee gave House Bill 584 a favorable report after adopting amendments that add a 20-20-20 vision-break requirement, define screen-based instruction to require clear educational value, and (by a subsequent amendment) extend the standards through 12th grade.
The House Education Policy Committee voted to give House Bill 584 a favorable report after adopting amendments that set new guidance for screen-based classroom instruction and establish a task force to develop standards.
Rep. Ross introduced HB 584 as an extension of a prior measure that covered screen-time from birth through kindergarten and asked the panel to advance the bill. Rep. Baker offered an amendment that, among other changes, requires “regular vision breaks during screen-based instruction” and specifies a 20-20-20 rule: “every 20 minutes, students must spend at least 20 seconds looking at an object at least 20 feet away,” Baker said.…
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