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Committee approves bill requiring computer science credit for graduation, adds reporting and virtual options
Summary
The House Education Committee advanced Senate Bill 179, which would require a computer science credit or a CTAE course with embedded computer science for Georgia high school graduation beginning with future cohorts, and it passed an amendment to include private online-school reporting.
The House Education Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 179 as amended, approving a requirement that Georgia high school students earn a computer science credit or a Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education (CTAE) course embedding computer science as a condition for graduation for future graduating classes.
Representative Ballard, carrying the bill on the House side, told the committee the mandate would be phased in with a long lead time — beginning at middle-school level credit eligibility and becoming a formal graduation…
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