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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to required instruction in social 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | media literacy; amending s. 1003.42, F.S.; requiring 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | members of the instructional staff of public schools 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | to provide instruction on social media literacy; 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | defining the term "social media"; requiring district 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | school boards to make social media literacy 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | instructional material available online; providing an 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | effective date. 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 1. Paragraph (u) is added to subsection (2) of 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | section 1003.42, Florida Statutes, to read: 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1003.42 Required instruction. — 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) Members of the instructional staff of the public 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | schools, subject to the rules of the State Board of Education 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | and the district school board, shall teach efficiently and 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | faithfully, using the books and materials required that meet the 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | highest standards for professionalism and historical accuracy, 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | following the prescribed courses of study, and em ploying 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | approved methods of instruction, the following: 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (u) Social media literacy. For purposes of this paragraph, 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | "social media" means a form of interactive electronic 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | communication through an Internet website or application by 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | which a user creates a se rvice-specific identifying user profile 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | to connect with other users of the Internet website or 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | application for the purpose of communicating and sharing 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | information, ideas, news, stories, opinions, images, and other 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | content. District school boards shall mak e social media literacy 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | instructional material available online and notify parents of 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | the material's online availability. 32 |
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| 59 | 59 | | The State Board of Education is encouraged to adopt standards 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | and pursue assessment of the requirements of this subsection. A 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | character development program that incorporates the values of 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | the recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor and that is 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | offered as part of a social studies, English Language Arts, or 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | other schoolwide character building and veteran awareness 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | initiative meets the requirements of paragraphs (s) and (t). 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 41 |
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