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Committee approves computer science graduation requirement and expands reporting for online schools
Summary
The House Education Committee approved Senate Bill 179 (as amended) to require a computer science course (or CTAE-with-CS) for high school graduation starting in the early 2030s and approved an amendment to require private online schools to report enrollment to counties. The bill passed as amended.
The House Education Committee voted to pass Senate Bill 179 (LC492409S) as amended, a bill that would make computer science coursework a graduation requirement and update reimbursement for Georgia Virtual School. Representative Ballard, the House sponsor, said the requirement would start for graduates in the 2036–2037 cohort (curriculum rollout beginning earlier) and that the measure allows the required credit to be earned as early as eighth grade and through CTAE (Career, Technical and Agricultural Education) courses that embed computer science.
Ballard told the committee the intent is to increase digital and computer science literacy statewide, with particular attention to rural…
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