And only 30% of females were enrolled in computer science courses even though they made up 49% of the student population before the pandemic. Opponents of the bill say the inequity in both access to ...

A bill in the Michigan House would require every public high school to offer at least one computer science class. Under the bill, the requirement would start with the 2027-28 school year.

Every public high school in California would have to offer computer science classes as a graduation requirement under a proposed bill from Assembly member Marc Berman, D-Menlo Park. The ...

Bill would ensure all California students have access to computer science classes. Legislation that would ensure all high school students have access to computer science courses was introduced last ...

To help solve the computer science teacher shortage, Gov. Gavin Newsom this month signed Assembly Bill 1251, which creates a commission that will look at ways to streamline the process to become a ...

Gaining computer science skills is “increasingly important in today’s digital world,” Weaam said. High schoolers across the state could have similar access to computer science courses if Michigan ...

A North Carolina House committee has approved legislation that would mandate high schoolers to pass a computer science class starting in fall 2024.

According to a 2022 report, 27 states require schools to offer computer science and just five require students to take one of the courses. The bill does not detail whether the state would hire new ...

After pushback, the bill, which later become law, made computer science a required class in the "elective" category. Separate from math, the bill would also require high school students to pass a ...

As the bill stands now, the state’s public education arm (OSPI) must first decide what the computer science learning standards are (they aren’t named in the bill), then, instead of requiring ...

Gov. Doug Burgum signed House Bill 1398, which creates a requirement for elementary, middle and high schools to teach computer science and cybersecurity classes.