AB 873

AB 873 requires IQC to consider library standards and media-literacy guidance during revisions to specified curriculum frameworks.

Media literacy

Jurisdiction: California · State / DC
Policy status: Effective
Implementation phase: Current
Requirement: Required with local discretion
Grades: Each grade level when frameworks are revised
Audience: State education agency
Learning evidence: Standards development required
Instrument: Statute / enacted law

Dates & implementation

Applies to the next relevant curriculum-framework revisions; not a separate universal media-literacy course.

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

Legislation section: AB 873 (2023).

California Department of Education — Media Literacy Resourceshttps://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/ml/index.asp ↗

A state framework-revision duty, not a direct classroom mandate in advance of those revisions.

Review history

Reviewed against official sources

Source availability checked Oct 4, 2026: Official-source indexed text reviewed; direct retrieval unavailable. 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: Confirmed the framework-review requirement using the current CDE resource; kept it separate from student instruction mandates.

Record ID: CA-2023-MEDIALIT-001

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