The New Jersey state Senate passed S588, a bipartisan Information Literacy bill that will ensure that students across New Jersey learn the vital skills they need to achieve academic success and make informed decisions. Now it is on to the Assembly where A4169 is being considered in the Education Committee. We need your support today to move this legislation forward this session.
Information Literacy is at the core of their ability to be civically engaged, socially aware, and ethically centered in a very turbulent media and political world. The New Jersey Association of School Librarians (NJASL) is supporting A4169 and its companion bill S588 to create new statewide Information Literacy standards in New Jersey schools.
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A4169 / S588 is a smart legislative approach that would create a new standard for students to understand and use information sources and evaluate the quality of information, all within an ethical framework. The bill clearly states that certified school librarians are needed to lead this effort.
We’re asking you today to help move this Information Literacy legislation forward by contacting members of the NJ Assembly.
Thanks to sponsors Assemblymembers Daniel Benson, Pamela Lampitt, and Mila Jasey for sponsoring and Herb Conaway, JR. and Sadaf Jaffer for co-sponsoring, this is a powerful and important opportunity for all New Jersey students and families. The bill’s key goals are creating standards so students can learn to evaluate information critically and competently, to recognize relevant primary and secondary information, and to distinguish among facts, points of view, and opinions.
As our schools are coming through the COVID-19 pandemic and a very disrupted social and political time in our communities, these information literacy skills are more important than ever. Please join the New Jersey Association of School Librarians (NJASL) in support of A4169 / S588 (2022) by contacting members of the NJ Assembly today. It’s important that they hear about how important this legislation is to you, their constituent.
Thank you for helping to make this bill a priority for New Jersey.