Many bills that have been passed or are pending around the country are the product of direct efforts of state-level Media Literacy Now advocates. Some are the result of years of policymaker education, and others have resulted from lawmakers who care about media literacy education who seek out our expertise.

Ideally, all school districts would incorporate media literacy as a standard method of teaching into all subjects at all grade levels. However, as we collectively advocate for this ideal, we support and celebrate progress in all forms — there are a number of potential policy approaches that will help us arrive at this ideal.

This map was last updated March 2023.

Each year, Media Literacy Now publishes the Media Literacy Policy Report outlining the status of media literacy education laws for K-12 schools in the U.S.. The 2022 report was released in February 2023 and saw growing bipartisan cooperation as lawmakers sought to address some very serious challenges for young people today.