New Jersey
CurrentS 588
Requires districts to incorporate information-literacy instruction in K–12 curricula as part of state standards implementation; the statutory definition includes digital, visual, media, textual and technological literacy.
- Jurisdiction
- New Jersey · State / DC
- Policy status
- Effective
- Implementation phase
- Current
- Requirement
- Required
- Grades
- Each grade K–12
- Audience
- Students
- Learning evidence
- Student instruction required
- Instrument
- Statute / enacted law
Dates & implementation
Adopted / approved
Jan 4, 2023
Legal start
Jan 4, 2023
Act effective immediately January 4, 2023. District information-literacy instruction is part of implementation of NJ Student Learning Standards; new standards adoption occurs with the scheduled standards updates.
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
PL2022,c.138 §§1(c),4 and approval line.
Official bill text supports the K–12 requirement; subsequent curriculum implementation is a separate verification dimension.
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 introduced bill with enacted PL2022,c.138 approved January 4, 2023. Full statute read; instruction covers K–12 and implementation links to standards updates.
Record ID: NJ-2023-INFOLIT-001
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