Bill Commons

NY A 120

in committee

Directs the commissioner of education to appoint a media literacy advisory group to study the teaching of media literacy; requires such group to survey all school districts

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 120 pass?

Not yet. NY A 120 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO EDUCATION

What is NY A 120 about?

Directs the commissioner of education to appoint a media literacy advisory group to study the teaching of media literacy; requires such group to survey all school districts on the media literacy practices of and the current media literacy resources available to each district, to inquire how districts are currently integrating digital citizenship and media literacy education in their curriculum.

Who sponsors NY A 120?

Linda Rosenthal is the primary sponsor of NY A 120, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Directs the commissioner of education to appoint a media literacy advisory group to study the teaching of media literacy; requires such group to survey all school districts on the media literacy practices of and the current media literacy resources available to each district, to inquire how districts are currently integrating digital citizenship and media literacy education in their curriculum.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • Linda Rosenthalprimary
  • Jonathan Riveracosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 6142not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 35not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A120?summary=&detail=

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