STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3541

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.R. No. 22

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.R. No. 22 entitled:

"SENATE 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 and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Education to establish programs and educational opportunities to increase media literacy and promote digital citizenship.

Your Committee did not receive any testimony on this measure.

Your Committee finds that media literacy is a necessary skill that allows all citizens to access, analyze, and evaluate information; create messages; and act using a variety of forms of communication. Your Committee further finds that media literacy and digital citizenship are critical topics for education as students across the country increasingly rely on digital devices due in large part to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and the resulting forced transition to digital learning. Your Committee additionally finds that students use technology to play, learn, and communicate at school and home, and need to learn how to use technology responsibly and to make sound judgments when navigating the digital world. Accordingly, this measure will help prepare students to live and work in a digital world by requesting the Department of Education to establish media literacy and digital citizenship programs and curricula.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 22 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair