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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 ...
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.
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 ...
A North Carolina House committee has approved legislation that would mandate high schoolers to pass a computer science class starting in fall 2024.
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 ...
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 ...
Also backing the bill were the Computer Science Teachers Association and tech industry lobbyists like TechNet, whose members include Apple, Google, Meta, and others.
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 ...
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 ...
Gov. Doug Burgum signed House Bill 1398, which creates a requirement for elementary, middle and high schools to teach computer science and cybersecurity classes.