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Media literacy requirement, animal products ban among latest 53 bills signed by Pritzker (Springfield, IL) - Public high schools in Illinois will soon be required to teach students how to access and evaluate various kinds of news and social media they see online and elsewhere as part of their regular curriculum.

New York City Kills COVID Rule That Led to Repeated School Closings Despite No Evidence of Outbreaks (New York, NY) - New York City announced on Thursday an end to its rule that had led to thousands of public school closures despite little evidence of COVID-19 outbreaks. Schools will now only be closed if testing shows there is viral spread within a school.