HB 21-1103 / Chapter 187

Requires the State Board to revise reading, writing and civics standards to identify the media-literacy knowledge and skills students should acquire, and requires a state resource bank and technical assistance.

Media literacy

Jurisdiction: Colorado · State / DC
Policy status: Effective
Implementation phase: Current
Requirement: Required
Grades: Elementary through secondary
Audience: Students
Learning evidence: Standards development required
Instrument: Statute / enacted law

Dates & implementation

Adopted / approved

May 27, 2021

Signed May 27, 2021. State standards revisions and resource bank are required; districts are explicitly not required to adopt resource-bank 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

Support provision; funding not confirmed

Technical assistance is available upon request subject to available resources; the enacted summary does not establish an automatic district award.

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Evidence & source location

Enacted bill summary; Governor Signed May 27, 2021

Colorado HB 21-1103https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB21-1103 ↗

District use of individual resource-bank materials is optional, but the standards-revision duty is mandatory.

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: Enacted HB21-1103 legislative summary and signed-act status reviewed: standards revisions required; resource-bank adoption explicitly optional.

Record ID: CO-2021-MEDIALIT-001

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