Delaware
CurrentDigital Citizenship Education Act (SB 195)
Requires the Department of Education to develop and maintain evidence-based media-literacy standards for use by K–12 districts and charter schools, with recurring implementation reporting.
- Jurisdiction
- Delaware · State / DC
- Policy status
- Effective
- Implementation phase
- Current
- Requirement
- Required
- Grades
- Elementary, middle and high school standards
- Audience
- Students
- Learning evidence
- Standards development required
- Instrument
- Statute / enacted law
Dates & implementation
Adopted / approved
Aug 29, 2022
Legal start
Aug 29, 2022
Effective August 29, 2022. Department must adopt media-literacy standards and report every3 years by July 31; a separate student course is not required by the act.
A legal effective date can precede school implementation. This record documents policy intent or requirements; it does not independently confirm delivery in every classroom.
Funding & support
Funding details not confirmed
Dedicated funding and current award availability are not established in this collection. This does not mean no funding exists.
Evidence & source location
83DelLawsChapter417,14DelCode§4143(a)–(d)
Standards include social-media understanding, cyber safety and ethics, responsible technology use and source credibility.
Review history
Reviewed against official sources
Source availability checked Oct 4, 2026: Source reopened. This is separate from verification of the policy claim below.
Source review date recorded in database: 2026-10-04
2026-10-03 — Carried forward from the source-linked baseline; topic, grade and evidence-type inventory reviewed. Individual source was not re-opened in this update. 2026-10-04 — Substantive source review: Reviewed enacted83DelLawsChapter417,§4143(a)–(d): department standards and reporting requirements rather than a standalone student course.
Record ID: DE-2022-MEDIALIT-001
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