STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2117-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.C.R. No. 28

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 28 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH PROGRAMS AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE MEDIA LITERACY AND PROMOTE DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request that the Department of Education establish programs and educational opportunities to increase media literacy and promote digital citizenship.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that media literacy encompasses the ability to analyze, evaluate, access, and create media. Digital citizenship encompasses media literacy and matters of online safety and responsibility. Your Committee further finds that the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic's impact on shifting education toward digital learning has increased the importance of media literacy and digital citizenship. This measure promotes the incorporation of instruction on media literacy and digital citizenship within public schools, which will help prepare public school students to live and work in a digital world.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 28 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair