Florida
CurrentHB 379 / Chapter 2023-36
Requires age-appropriate instruction on the social, emotional and physical effects of social media, including misinformation, manipulation, permanence, personal security, cyberbullying, predatory behavior and trafficking.
- Jurisdiction
- Florida · State / DC
- Policy status
- Effective
- Implementation phase
- Current
- Requirement
- Required
- Grades
- Grades 6–12
- Audience
- Students
- Learning evidence
- Student instruction required
- Instrument
- Statute / enacted law
Dates & implementation
Included in the current required health-education/life-skills program for grades6–12; DOE must publish materials online and districts notify parents.
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
Florida Statutes2025 §1003.42(2)(n)5.a–b; required instruction on social, emotional and physical effects of social media.
Instructional action is separated from the same law's device and network restrictions.
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: Replaced bill-status page with current required-instruction statute. Confirmed grades6–12 rather than all K–12.
Record ID: FL-2023-SOCIAL-LIT-001
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