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Commission moves to revise administrative code to create AP Computer Science A supplemental endorsement

3031800 · March 7, 2025
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Summary

The commission voted March 7, 2025 to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process to add a supplemental AP Computer Science A endorsement (code 612) to Mississippi Administrative Code 7‑4 Part 4; the endorsement would require a content endorsement in math, biology, chemistry or physics and take effect in the 2026‑27 school year.

At the March 7, 2025 meeting in Jackson, the Office of Secondary Education asked the commission to begin Administrative Procedures Act rulemaking to establish a supplemental endorsement for Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science A, endorsement code 612. The commission voted to begin the APA process.

Ms. Clemens, representing the Office of Secondary Education, told commissioners that AP Computer Science A requires a more rigorous content background than some existing computer science endorsements. The proposal would require teachers of AP Computer Science A to hold, in…

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