Pupil instruction: digital literacy and media literacy grant program.

Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 1 to 6, inclusive, to include instruction in specified areas of study, including social sciences, health, and English, as provided. Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer courses in specified areas of study, including social sciences and English, as provided. Existing law requires the State Department of Education, on or before July 1, 2019, to make available to school districts on its internet website a list of resources and instructional materials on media literacy, including media literacy professional development programs for teachers. This bill would, subject to an appropriation for its purposes, require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to allocate funding to school districts, county offices of education, charter schools, and the state special schools, as specified, for the purchase of standards-aligned instructional materials in media literacy and digital literacy, as defined, for kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and for professional development in that content, as provided.