Massachusetts
CurrentChapter 118 of the Acts of 2024
Directs the education department to encourage age-appropriate media literacy across grade levels. A separate sexting-diversion program is required for specified judicial referrals; this is not a universal school media-literacy course mandate.
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts · State / DC
- Policy status
- Effective
- Implementation phase
- Current
- Requirement
- Recommended
- Grades
- All K-12
- Audience
- Students
- Learning evidence
- Learning recommended
- Instrument
- Statute / enacted law
Dates & implementation
Adopted / approved
Jun 20, 2024
Chapter118 of 2024 establishes encouraged school instruction and a separate diversion program for specified participants. School districts may use the program materials.
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
Chapter118 §§1–3, especially §2 adding Chapter71 §100
General media-literacy instruction is encouraged rather than imposed as a universal standalone mandate.
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: Acts2024 Chapter118 §§1–3 reviewed: diversion curriculum is required for its specified judicial participants, while school media-literacy instruction is encouraged.
Record ID: MA-2024-MEDIALIT-001
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